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Technical  and  Bibliographic  No  iS  /  Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


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empreinte. 

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et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n*cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m*thode. 


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I'Al  LINK.  rilKI.rS.  AM)  MAKION   MIOKT 


WITH    Il.l.l<iTR\TI()\S 

BY   MARTIN  JUSTICE 


NEW  YORK 
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Fuhlisked  Stfjti'iiihifr.  19ijS 


THE    DE  VINNE    PRESS 


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TO  DAVID  WAUFIKI.D 


'  Von  (■  il  tril  111"  's  :i  Ki'i'''i'i— liu  \  si>  modest. 


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LIST  OF  ILLrSTllATlOXS 


Wcs'  Bijrclow Fi'iiithfiifri' 

That  niutf  kiiuiliiifss  (if  I'xprcssioii       ....  7 

It  was  a  room  that  was  as  hiiiiiaii  asaii  olii  face-  1  V 

"  ^'oiir  f  itlur  wduiil  n't  "a'  doiu- it  "        ....  !•» 

"  1 'he  world    s  full  o'  iicoplc  doiii'  tliin;rs  thfir 

fathers  would  n't  'a'  doiii- " .'1 

"  Ttuy  tol"  inr,     .     .     .     thi-y  was  twfiity-foDr 

strauyiTS  ill  town" .'.j 

"Our  Mii'ftin's  ust  to  sound  like  a  sessions  in  ;i 

kennels!" .'!) 

"  If  God  .\'ini«lit  y  don't  make  a  eharitable  man, 
ttiey  's  no  use  nol)ody  else  undertakin'   the 

eontrae'  " 'M', 

"  He  did  i''t  have  time  to  e.it  — tliat  boy  "         .      .  Ill 

"  '  I  had  n't  any  bad  hal)its,'  lie  says"    ....  Vj 

She  burst  into  tears  ami  tied  from  the  kkiiii       .  V7 

He  thin;;  out  of  tin-  room  himself  'i.\ 

"There  ain't  nothin"  like  'em  at  that  ajje"        .      .  .)!• 

".She   "dmitted  she  'd    been  studyin'   the  e<j<>k 

book  " til 

"I  kind  o"  hi-lil  the  letters  behind  me"         .      .      .  li* 

—  "said  --lie  'd  sininer  dii'" (W 

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Msr  or   ILUSTKAIK )NS 

Slu-  ua^  iiKiri-  than  uirllslily  pri-tty        ....  7.) 

Till-  [iiitiios  iiflliat  siiitcnci'  cliokcd  poor  liiiii-low 

to  ti-,iri su 

"And   111-  said   li<-  did  n't    know   «lirtluT  a  >;irl 

'■"(//(/ understand  -about  stoi'ks "        ....  sit 

"ll>-  .sliow<'<i  uu-  till-  lnir::lar  .alarni  to  rinir  the 

diNir  lull  " <i;{ 

"  I  told  him  I  u  i-.lii(i  ill'  would  n't  tro  awa\  ,  l)c- 

iiusr  this  was  my  liorm;" I'ti 

"I  told  him  I  want<-d  some  money"" !();{ 

"I  ain't  out  eat  in"  crow"' los 

"An"  ordered  liim  to  take  ofT  his  uniform  an'  ;.'o 

Inline-"" Ill 

"II  they  li.id  ii"!  "a'  held  me  baek.  I  'd  "a"  wruii;; 

l.is  neck""        1 1:{ 

t'omratie  Cory  Kilbett lis 

lie  was  most  I'oricntously  sober I.'l 

"The  ol'  Indi.aniiy  .Sixteenth  volunteer  I  "  .           .  \H 

"()n  this  memorable  and  momentous  occasion"'  .  1  .'ti 

".Soliliers  mari-hin;;- to  and  t'ro  I  " 1  .'<l 

I'ost-Comm.ander  l?i)_'^elow 1;{7 

"  Who  "s  ^^ot  it  r      ."vnswcr  me  I  " Hi 

"I'akethat.  yon  — '" l.ii) 

"1  'II  stan"  by  you" !.",:{ 

"  I  le  could  n't  till  me  anything" lliii 

"He  tried  to  (jret  out  ol  it  " lii:! 

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I.IS'I'  OI"   Il.I.rsTH  ATIONS 


"I  --t.iiiip  tli.it  a'-MTtloii  as  a  lii-"  . 

" run  .iw.i}  at  tiic  lia; ',  li-  dt'  W'jKdi 

"  A  IlalxMs  C'i>riiiis" 

"Waiitid  liiiii  to  know  I  had  it"  . 
'•  IiU'Dinpi-tfiit,  irri-lr\ant.  imiiiat'Tia 
"^^lll^  lioniir.  I  must  ainilniri/i' "    . 
"His  lu'art  's  all  ntrlit  "".... 
"An"  I'lobl)  hc;:'iiii  to  iT\  "'    . 


.Inn  I>isli(i[i  had  the  \vorst  -  to  taki 
from  \\';-s"  "' 


"I  thought  \S'(s'  wonld  jro  mid"  . 
"It  "s  law,  but  it  "s  not  justiii' "     . 
"()n<-     (incnio\isi'tra|i!" 
"Lord.  I.ititia:      How  it  dcKs  biconi 
"  Wotniii  arc-  liUr  ^^riisshopiicrs" 

1  he  old  days  wtri-  ;^(ini' 
"  liolurt  I  " 

i'lic  hoy  sat  ii]i  slowly     .... 
" An- you  iiiin^ry  r     .\r<'you:-"' 

Tlu'  K'r'  went  to  him      .... 

—  tijitofd  silently  out  of  the  room 


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This  voluiiif  i>  more  than  uti  attoiiipt  iihtoIv 
to  ■•iioV(!l/r"  a  poi'iilai-  play:  it  is  tlic  r.^ult 

•  it  a  (liviri  to  traii'-latc  into  the  form  of 
(ictioii  tlir  (laM)r  of  \Varfi.l(l*>  actiiiir  and 
til.'  cliann  of  IMax'o'^  >ta<,rc.  It  lias  Ik'ch. 
loi-  lioth  the  arti-t  and  tin-  writer,  a  labor 
<'^  l"vr  an  effort  to  make  >onie  ^rratefnl 
record  of  the  wnvk  of  a  wondt  rfid  actor  and 
to  catch  in  print  aTid  pictures  the  atino- 
-phere  of  a  lieantifiil  plav. 

Hut  it  is  the  fir>t  condition  of  sucli  a 
pious  und.  rtakiuii;  that  the  fiction  shall 
-•and  on  Its  own  interist  independent  of  tlic 
thiater      that  it  shall  not  att(in))t  to  repro- 

•  luce  the  actinnr  and  the  sta<;-i'.  hut  to  traiis- 
'■'''■  tlicin  that  it  shall  have  its  own 
inheriiit  emotions  and  the  aj)pcal  of  its  own 

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rur.FACK 


■irt.  Tn  \U:i\  ,.„,|  ar,-  all  tl...  .liff'rn.uvs 
<l-i.<,nM.I  uliiil,  ,Ai,t  lutu.cM  fln\  >t„ry  and 
»li<-  pl.iv  .,1,  «l,i,.|,  it  ha.  1,,,.,,  foim.lcl. 
Tlicv  an-  not  ,lifl\  ,■(  iic.  >  i,,  ,|,.;rnc  hut  in 
l^mrl.  Th.v  \Mi-c  tKco.arv  if  the  reader 
was  to  huNe,  instead  cf  a  pale  rrfl.rti.,,,  „f 
tli<'  drama,  a  iikiviUm-  ncoiintal  of  that  little 
i<l\ll  of  a  ^rlrl's  love  and  a  fatlw  r\  devotion, 
of  tears  not  too  hitter,  and  of  >.lf  >a,rific.> 
nlieved  hv  the  racv  humor  of  life  in  a 
Western  towii  in  theearlv  'HO's. 

It  is  ho|)ed  thai  for  tliose  who  have 
seen  the  plav  the  hook  will  revivify  tll.> 
memory  of  an  inspirin;,r  hit  ,,f  sta^^ecraft. 
To  those  otliers  u  ho  have  never  had  the 
'^(hh\  fortune  to  meet  Wes"  Hi^relow  in  the 
flesh,  may  it  at  least  he  a  faitlifid  r.port 
Jind  repu'niscince  of  him  and  serve  to  tell  his 
'ouc'hin^r  story  where  he  caiuiot  conn-  to  tell 
it  for  himself. 

H.  J.  (rii. 


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|()MK  1\.     Conio  in." 

'I'Imt  wds  <)l)vI()ll^ly  tlic  voico  of 
11  iiiiui  who  WHS  iisid  to  (Iriviiif;  ii 
t<'am  ;  uiid  it  was  followid  hy  a  lita\ y  sfaiii))- 
iii^  of  Miow-tloygo<l  boots  «)ii  the  port-h 
outside. 

'I'hf  cmijty  room  >honk  witli  it.  You 
mi^ht  havi'  said  it  thrilUd,  for  it  was  a 
room  that  was  as  human  as  an  old  face  — 
not  the  set  and  formal  room  of  social  life, 
ready  with  a  smile  to  receive  company,  l)ut 
the  sort  of  room  that  seems  to  wait  like  a 
mother  in  lier  liome,  worn  and  faded,  to  wel- 

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A  CHAM)  ARMY  :MAX 


conic,   \vitli   Jill   the  chiirm   and  memory   of 
love,  flioM'  to  whom  she  is  still  bciuitiful. 

The  li<,fht  came  cold  imd  ^ruy  throuf^h 
the  fro/eii  i)iiMes  of  the  little  windows,  wiiero 
the  snow  showed  hifrji  o.i  the  sills;  hut  the 
cold  irr.iv  mellowed  on  the  faded  colors  of 
the  ran;  carpet  and  took  a  warnuT  tone  from 
the  sere  desiu;M  of  leaves  and  flowers  on  the 
yellowing  |)a|)ers  of  the  walls.  An  old  hox 
stove  radiated  heat  from  the  clumney-})iece ; 
the  in(lescrii)able  faint  odors  of  home  were 
in  the  air;  and  a  wall-dock  — a  clock  that 
was  stained  with  affe,  and  even  \\uu<r  with  a 
hroken  horseslioe  for  a  wei<rht !  — ticked 
comfortably  to  itself  in  the  silence,  as  if  it 
had  been  not  so  nnich  mcasurin<f  the  va- 
cancy of  the  moment  as  patiently  exj)ectinfr 
the  hour  of  thi'  home  comin<:f  and  the  sound 
of  this  hearty  voice  on  the  porch. 

It  was  a  room  of  almost  })ious  poverty  — 
jud^in^  bv  the  colored  ])riiit  of  a  flying  «"- 
ml  near  tlu-  window.     And  It  was  ccrtuhily 


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A  (IRANI)   AHMV   MAN 


till    hoiiK'  of  iiu  old   soldiir,   for  .'iIjosi'   llif 
nifiiitrl  slulf  ii  fliiK  ^^"^  (iniptd  lusicK'  a  1)U- 
;r]v,  find  a  jmrtrait   of  (IcriiTal  (Jrant   luld 
the  l)late  of  honor  bvtwriii.     Over  an  iinicr 
door  a  c-olorcd  plioto^n-apli  of  n  sniail  boy 
in   ri'd-topju'd  boots  <  xplainrd  tiic  i>ris(iu'o 
of  a  bain's  ]u<<;h  chair,  that  had  l)>'>'n  with- 
drawn into  a  cornir  as  if  It  were  no  lonj^^iT 
nsrd.     A  roi-kin-,'  chair  by  tho  fire  awaited 
an     elderly     occupant;     the     rush-bottoms 
raiif^ed  alon<,'  the  wall  were  emptily  expect- 
in. r   ,1   simiid   to   draw   up    to^^eHier   and   be 
conip..  lionable  at  their  ease. 
"Come  in.     Come  in." 

There  entered,  whip  in  lianil,  a  man  j)ast 
middle  age,  in  a  shabby  overcoat  and  a 
greasy  gray  felt  hat,  somewhat  heavy-kneed 
and  sliuffling  in  his  gait  — as  was  natural  in 
11  stage  driver  who  sat  long  hours  on  ]u> 
l,(,x— and  stoop-shouldered  fiom  nursing 
liis  reins.  He  had  the  weather-beaten  com- 
plexion of  health,  the  clear  eye  of  tlie  open 


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A  GRAND  ARMY  MAN 


hifrlnvjiy,  and  that  imite  kindliness  of  ex- 
pression that  comes  of  long  companionship 
with  horses. 

This  was  nip'low  — Wesley  Bigclow. 

lie  went  at  once  to  a  clothes  closet- 
without  further  welcome  to  his  guest— and 
stood  his  whip  carefully  in  a  corner,  with 
the  respect  of  a  good  workman  for  his 
tools.  "Put  yer  hag  down  anywhere  you 
like,  '  he  said.   " 'Tish  air'    finicky.    Cold?" 

The  stranger  stamped  his  feet  and  swung 
his  arms.  "Phew!"  Ilis  city  pallor  had 
turned  hlue,  and  his  eyes  were  running. 
"This  's  something  new  for  In«liana." 

Bigelow  had  stripped  to  his  waistcoat, 
finding  the  room  hot.  "Well,"  he  said, 
"she  's  beginnin'  a  new  year.  I  s'posc  she 
thought  she  'd  start  things  dif'rcnt.  Take 
off  yer  coat  an'  set  by  the  fire  a  bit.  She  '11 
thaw  y' out.   .   .   .  Lctitia!     0/j,  Lctitia!" 

"Cnm-inf^!"  a  voice  answcre<l  from  the 
kitchen  — a  voice  thin  but  cheerful.    And  on 


..^ 


is'5.>"^«Ss.'i-iif  u  ■,>i;''i«'.'s  k'^ 


tsj'tj-  -T.T,f'*'-^P5^wru 


1 


"lliat  iiiiitc  kimlluu-ss  of  expression  ' 


i^Mt-j-^^n' 


'^m^^'^i^, 


w=$i.. 


r:j%-.%i;^T] 


\:'^r::.,::- 


A  (IRAND  ARMY  MAN 


the  echo  came  a  mild  little  woman,  full  of 
the  hustling  solicitude  that  is  the  niotherli- 
ness  of  an  old  maid.  There  was  still  a  sort 
of  belated  coquetry  in  her  old-fashioned 
curls.  She  paused  at  the  sight  of  the 
stranger  and  made  an  instinctive  movement 
to  take  off  her  apron,  with  a  fluttered  smile. 

"This  's  Letilia,"  I.igelow  said.  lie  ex- 
l)lained  to  her,  with  a  sideways  jerk  of  his 
head  toward  his  guest :  "Been  a  tie-up  down 
the  railroad  somc'ers.  Could  n't  let  him  go 
o  Tates's  fer  New  Year's  dinner,  eh.'  He  's 
from  Terry  H'ute." 

"Well,  just  norc,"'  the  guest  corrected, 
smiling  formally  on  Miss  I.etitia  Grigsby, 
"just  iww  I  'm  on  my  way  from  JefFerson- 
villc.     My  name  's  SmifFen." 

"What.'  Eh.:*  .leff'ersonville !  'Tish.» 
Wonder  if  he  ever  seen  —  " 

She  offered  lier  hand  with  a  quick  mur- 
nuir  of  welcome,  silencing  Bigelow  with  a 
look.     The  stage  driver  turned  away  guilt- 

9 


^^'2!rr9^'^^'i^ 


A  (IK AM)   AUMY   MAN 


ily    iuul    sluiflUd    ovrr    In    Hi"    wiiulnw,    his 
iJinds  thrust  .Urp  into  the  ,....k.ts  on  the 
fn.nt  of  his  tn.us.rs.     He  ij^MH.nd  th.'  jms- 
sa^e   of   comphnunts   ,in.l   ixcums   lutwicn 
th.-   two  othn-s-I.etiti.i  ai.oh.j,M/.i»K  f<"-   '^ 
.liniur  tl :'  hud  not  b.cn  ,)ni)iiml  for  c-oin- 
pmiy,  iiiul  the  stra.i^nr  assuring'  h.r  tliat 
any  .linn.r  she  ii.i-ht  prepare  w..ul(l  he  fit 
for   the  hest    company   in   »1h-  worhh      AikJ 
xvlien     lAtitia    Im.l    hurried    away     to    her 
kitch.n,  anxious  ah<.ut  a  turkey  that  had  al- 
ready been  kept  waiting  too  Ion-,  Bi^^low 
still  stood  with  his  hack  to  the  room,  stnr- 
i.ur  out  «it  the  desolate  stalks  mi.l  poles  of 
his  frozen  garden. 


10 


■jmi:\ 


■'  -F>:-^<r_    ■<A'^;^r's'' -t— V-'rWT5,  >_ 


II 


YOr   'UK  co/y  luri,"  Siiiitfiii  said. 
TluTi-  wiis  ii<)tliiii<;  viry  notict- 
iihlo  iibout  SniifFin  liiit  his  nosi-  — 
ii   keoM    noses   that    was   still   pink   with   the 
c-old.      IIo  WHS  city  dnssid  and  city   nwm- 
ncml-lnit    i)rovin(ially    so      in    a   sort   of 
uiiddl.-aged  pn-tension  of  youtiifid  smart- 
ness.    He  scenifd  rather  i)ert  in  his  evident 
sense    of    superiority    to    his    homely    sur- 
roiindinffs. 

"('ozvr'"  Bijrelow's  face,  when  he  turned, 
seemed  to  have  absorbed  some  of  the  cold 
^ray  hixht  of  outdoors.  He  ])assed  his  eyes 
over  the  room,  in  a  look  of  dumb  misery, 
.rlanc-ed  furtivelv  at  the  picture  of  the  boy 
in  red-topped  boots  and  shook  his  head. 
"It  ain't  what  it  ust  to  be.'* 
_  .       11 


'^f^^^^r?*'^^'^/^ 


A  GRAND  AllMV  MAN 


SmiflVn  HssuiiRd  mi  air  of  decent  cominis- 
mitioii.     "A  (Icuth  in  tlu-  fiunily:"" 

"Worse    tli.in    tlmt,"    Hi^ilow    answered 
miscnibly.     "Worse  than  tlmt." 

He  went  to  un  inner  room  to  take  off  his 
boots  and  wash  his  hands  for  dinner;  and 
Sinif^en  remained  alone  hy  the  stove.  He 
cocked  one  round  eye  at  the  hoy's  portrait, 
blew  his  nose  reflectively  in  a  liugc  handker- 
chief, and  blinked. 

It  was  the  bhnk  of  curiosity -the  slircwd 
and  watchful  blink  of  a  parrot  with  its  head 

on  one  side. 

He  was  a  commercial  traveler  — a  "drum- 
mer;" and  his  necessary  study  of  the  weak- 
nesses of  his  customers,  and  their  soft  sides, 
had  made  him  a  keen  observer  of  human 
character.  He  rather  i)ride-d  himself  on  his 
ability  to  "pump"  a  secret.  And  yet  he 
was  sympathetic,  too.  like  a  gossipy  woman, 
and  as  kindly  as  he  was  curious.  His  mouth 
^vas  kind;  and  the  blon.l  baldness  of  his  head 

I  1^ 


.       <        — .         :        . 


v-     ■■7'\,~ 


■^r^/■^-^«^!l^■ 


-~JrL,i^.  r-V'V'T,'^'*!  ."  »ri?»  !(/•>-->•  r  «'■!*»  ^~ ';'' 


V-  ".-  ->-*  -  ^■■■«i     ■(nV» '.,»■       •"•  •  "V" 


r       —      ^     > 


A  (iUAM)   AUMV    MAN 


;i,„l  tlif  cl.an  >liav.ti   j)lii.iij)ii<  ^>  of  lii>   f.icr 
liiadf  llilil  s.ilil  coll. firstly  illon'cIlMVO. 

\U  utulrr^tood  t!iit  W'>'  ni^"l'>^^-  ^*"^ 
aii  old  l.aclulor.  m.uI  L.titlii  (Iri^r.l.y,  lii-^ 
lw.UMkc.|Hr,  an  old  maid;  >o  tli.'  I'iKt"  «''"i'' 
i„  thr  cortHT  must  iiidi.atr  an  adopt.-d 
cliild.  It  must  !..■  th.'  l)oy  of  thf  portrait. 
He  wax  not  d.ad.  Itut  >oin.'tliiti<,'  lia<l  hap- 
p.n.'d  to  him  x.m.thiii^r  h.art  l.rcakitiKi 
t(.  ]\u\'^>-  l>v  Hi^^r.lo"'-  .■xprrssi.,!),  x.mc- 
tl.in^r  >lianuful,  to  ;]iu\<rv  l«v  Wu-  look  with 
vhich  L.titia  had  >iltiKa'd  thr  old  driver. 
What   wa>  it:- 

lU  stroked  his  MOM'  reflectively,  j.iticlied 
it  l)etweeii  thumh  and  forefiiiK'T.  .'I'kI  i'^" 
pai.ded  it  hlew  it  up-  until  at  the  sudd.'ii 
withdrawal  of  his  HiiKcrs,  it  fairly  jx.ppod 
with  the  outrush  of  air.  This  was  /i  ir.an- 
mrisn.  aciuir.d  at  the  "checker"  Ix.ard, 
when'  it  indicated  that  he  was  pu/zlod  to  un- 
derstand his  opix.neiifs  n;,.,me:  ami  since  lie 
was  an  almost  invincil.le  checker  player,  it 
1.-. 


•^y- 


-*::%. 


A   (;i{AM)    \HMV    MAN 


was  a  i.nim.  ri>m  tliat  liixl-  ♦<•  •>''  '"''"''  *'"' 
(listiiiitioii  of  .inv  iiliosvru'rasv  "f  tlir  ^rcat. 
I  Ic  was  proiul  of  it. 

It  mi-rlit  he  a<Ti|.ti(l  'is  ••liaracfcri/iiiK 
llir  ;)n)(iss  ,,f  his  thoiiKl't-  -'ks  fl.r  .iii.licial 
slrokf  tlir  cliiii,  the  sa^racioiis  pull  tlir  IoIh' 
of  tlic  tar,  tlif  dciiM'  x-ratrli  tin-  s<ali),  and 
tlic  studious  |)la_v  with  a  fonlock,  so  Sniin'tn 
altcniattlv  |)inil\rd  and  fondli<l  tlir  iiosi-  - 
|M  rliaps  Ixrausc  it  is  tlic  or-^rati  of  sc.  lit,  tin- 
tool  of  the  lirviii-f. 

IK'  coutrlird  Ixliind  liis  hand,  as  discnctly 
as  if  hi'  wire  at  a  fiiiH  ral.  'l'li»n  he  sat  hiuk 
and  looked  sadly  at  thr  stovr,  pivpaivd  to 
listen  and  lie  syinpiitlu-tif. 

riescntlv  Lititia  ntunR<l,  rather  flus- 
tered, to  i)ropose  that  she  shouhl  hiy  the 
diniur  here,  on  the  inarhle-topped  miter  tu- 
l)Ie,  sinci'  the  dining  room  was  cold.  (And 
SinifFen  said  to  himself,  "They  're  hard  up! 
They  don't  li^lit  the  fire  in  tlicre  — to  save 
wood.")  Bigelow  opened  the  bundle  he  had 
16         —V 


"'^t^^'t^Ks^' 


A  (iUAM)   AUMV   MAN 


1 

I 


fliiowii   on   tlif  svirulow  s,.,it,  :inil  slw.swd  ».» 
hi,    lioiiMkf.p.r,   upolo^.ticillv.   !i    piiii-    "<■ 
n.w  l)l;mk(»s  for  lii^  Iioim^,  ••Coiii.i.  r>iKii" 
and  "CartridK"-"     (And  SniiH'.  n  not.d  not 
oidv     tli«'     simple     lunn.uiitv     of     »li''     N''^* 
Y.ar's   Kift,  l.iit    »li.'    fact    that    an    apolo^'V 
ucfonipani.d     Mich     a     n<c<ss,iiv     cxtrava- 
^rancc.)       Lititia.    as    >li.     spread    the    tal)lc 
doth,  coinphiin.d  that  Hijr.low  was  late  for 
.hnncr;  and  wlun  Hiu'llow  .-.jjlainid  that  he 
had    hccn     d.livcrin;;    trunks,    she     nmon 
stnited:    "Wes",    I    hate    to    think    ..f    von 
hauHn'    trunks    f.r    peoph^    that    ain't    p.is- 
senKiTs.      Your    father   wouM   n't    *a'    <h>ne 

it." 

"Well,"  he  replied  cheerfully,  "the 
world  's  full  o'  })eoi)le  doin'  thing's  their 
fathers  wouhi  n't  'a'  .loiu."  And  Sniitfen, 
sniilin<i  aj)preciatively  uniUr  his  nose  al  the 
retort,  ohserved  that  there  had  evidently 
been  II  day  when  Bi^nlow  himself  would  not 
have    delivered    trunks.      (The    secret    that 


"7^: 


>iTi: 


M 


o 


Yuur  f'titli'T  woiiiil  ii"l  ';i"  done  it  " 


^'^ 


A  GUAM)  AUMY  MAN 


concLTiu'd    the    hoy    involved    also,    tln'ii,    a 
(•lmii<fi'  of  fortiiiir  for  th''  fuinily.) 

WluMi  tlu-y  were  all  seated  at  tlio  table, 
another  ineident  occurred  to  piciiie  curios- 
itv.  Hi^i'loW'  '»  1''^  ^''''■*  sleeves,  looked  at 
the  turkey  and  the  cranherry  sauce,  and 
said,  "IV  you  think  they  ^et  them  there, 
'Tish  — the  turkey  an'  the  usuals?"  And  I.c- 
titia  answered  ^mardeiily,  "Oh,  I  've  heard 
th«  v  do.  Ain't  you  ^'oin'  to  say  grace, 
Wes'?" 

He  bowed  his  liead  in  a  })ious  mutter  of 
thanksgiving,  and  then  they  began  to  eat  in 
silence. 

No  one  s])oke  until  Siiiiffeii.  looking  up  at 
the  portrait  of  tiie  boy  that  faced  him  over 
the  doorway,  said  wiiuilngly,  "A  fine-look- 
ing youngster.  That  '.>  a  great  forehead 
he  's  got." 

It    was    the    bulging    round    fonhead    of 

precocity. 

"It   ought    to   be,"    Higelow    rose   to    the 
bait.      "It    ought    to    be-witi»    a    million 


W^ 


19 


\ 


A  (.RANI)  AllMV  MAN 


dolliirs'  worfli  of  invfiitioiis  Hoatiii'  'roiiml 
in   liis  l)ruiiis!" 

"Vou  don't  say  so!  Fine-looking  boy. 
Is   lie  yours?'" 

Bi^dow  lifted  Ills  eyes  to  Wu-  portniit 
and  .Iwoit  upon  it  as  if  it  were  a  lioly  icon. 
"lie  was  a  dead  conirudo's  son,  an'  "I'ish 
an'  nie  raised  liim."  He  pu.->hed  hack  liis 
])late,  witii  his  food  almost  untouched,  and 
watched  Sniiffen's  artful  admiration  of 
the  picture. 

"They  's  no  deiiyin'  Uohh  has  jx-rs'nal 
magnetism,"  Hi<^elow  said  to  Letitia. 

'Must  what  do  you  meiui  hy  jjirsonal 
mao-netism?"  SmitfVn   drew   him   on. 

He  made  vague  gestures  with  his  clumsy 
hands.  "IVrs'iial  magiu'ti.>m  — it  's  some- 
thing that  sort  o'--sort  o'  conies  out  o' 
you.  It  's  a  thing—  Well,  if  you  've  got 
it  ivery  one  thinks  as  i/oit  do,  right  or 
wrong.  That  's  the  way  it  is  with  Uohh." 
This  was  not  eminently  satisfactory. 
Smitfen  busied  himself  with  his  food. 


20 


1 


J) 


U 


f      "  i 


' 'I'lii-  world  "s  full  o'  (MO,  \i-  tliiili'  tliiii>;s 
lliiir  fathers  would  ii't  "a"  done  "" 


f'-n 


..w 


)\ 


/. 


u 


A  (illANI)   ARMY   MAN 


••Looks     likr     ;i     ckvir     hov,"     ]n:     s.ii.l 
tlilckly. 

'•('liv.rl  Then-  ">  a  hoy  tliat  luforc  Iw 
was  ii<flitcrii  was  iiivtiit  in'  paint  an 
printin'  ])ri'ssos  an'  spiini,'  holts  an'  — 
Why  hf  could  makf  anythiii^^  lU  rin;<ri-(l 
vi|)  a  si'lunic  fir  'Ti-li  tlurc  t'  do  away 
with  lar  washhoard>.  Did  n't  lu  .  "ri-hr'" 
"Did  it  work:-"  Sniitf".  ii  asked  lur. 
'•Oh.  vr-,  it  worki'd,"  slir  said.  "It  took 
lonj^riT,   hut — " 

"But   it   was  unc'cr."  Hi<j;flow  i)ut   in. 
"You    'ri'   not    I'atin'   your    turkey,"    she 
ri'nionstrati'd. 

"I  ain't  liunjjjry,"  ho  said  ratlior  pathot- 
ically,  his  eyes  fidl  of  tcndrr  thou<,dits  of 
tho  Imy.  "Look  luri',"  he  tunud  to 
SniitFcn.  "I  want  to  till  you.  I  war.t  you 
should  know  ahout  our  hoy-  so  as  if  you 
cvor  hear  Hnythin<^  a<^'in'  him-" 

Aiul   SinitfVii    said    to    hinisilf,   "Hero    it 


comes 


.  I" 


22 


Ill 


BKIKT.OW  >li()vi(l  hack  his  cliiiir 
.•uul  siiiik  liis  liaiids  in  liis  pockets 
.111(1  (Iroojii'd  liis  liiud:  ;ui(l  tlu' 
jiocki'ts  hfiiin;  lii<xli  i"  fi'ont,  the  .•u'tioii 
raistil  his  shoulders,  so  tli.it  his  chin  camo 
«)ii  his  (hot.  .'ind  he  s.it  in  an  ■•ittitude  of 
meditation,  with  jirofoiind  eves.  He  said 
at  last,  "I  was  tryin'  to  think  what  day  it 
was.  ...  It  iniist  'a'  heeii  the  day  that 
we  opened  the  new  (i.  A.  11.  hall  that 
iii^ht." 

"Wes'   was   the   post   coniniander."    Letl- 
tia     explained     under     her     voice,     passiiifr 
Suiitren  the  "boat"  of  cranberry  sauce. 
SiiiItTen  nodded  sagely. 
"Ves,  sir,"  Higelow  recollected,  "that  's 
what   it  was   .   .   .   They  was   people  set  tin' 
23 


A  (iKANl)  AHMV   MAN 


alony,-  th.'  road  t*  ;i>k  'bout  thi'  oiK'nii\' 
wIh'II  the  sta<rc  went  h\.  .  .  ■  Thcv  tol' 
iiu,  down  to  'i'att's*,  tlu'V  was  twi'iity-fonr 
stniiiffffs  in  town." 

Sniiffin    conc'i'uK'd    a    soniewlmt    Mipenor 

sniili'. 

Bi.nlow     riflcctid.     "Tlifit     's     u     fuiinv 
thinir,  now.      I   tlioii^'ht    it   n:ii>t   V  lu'in    i 
sort    o'    dark    (lav    it    sonHthin<r.      An*    it 
warn't.     T  mind,  wlicn  1  conu'  in  hero,  how 
the    sDnlijrlit    was    Wlowiii'    in    tin-   window." 
Tlirrc"  wa-  in  his  tono  a  vaj^iio  inipliciition 
that  he  had  not  sivn  sunli^dit  in  that  win- 
dow    since.       'Mini     was     hero     witli     you, 
was  n't  hf,  'Tisli?"  h."  asked -and  then  ex- 
plained,  with  a  crooked   smile,   to   Smiffen, 
"Jim   's   an   ol'   comrade   that   's  heen   \na- 
posin'  to  Letitia  ev'ry  now  an'  then  ler  the 
l.is'  twenty  years!" 

■^•Whv,  Wes',"  she  cried  in  a  confusion 
of  withered  blushes,  'Mie  was  wait  in'  fer 
the  meet  In" !" 

'"Wiiat    meet  in'?" 

24 


i  y 


'They  tul'  inc,   .   .   .   they  was  twonty-t'i)ur 
strangers  in  town" 


r^    r^'  --^ 


\ 


\.  ^^ 


A  (IRANI)   AiniV    MAN 


'•Tin-  I'ost  incetiir." 

"Sui-f  ciiouj;-!!!      It    w.'»>  our  la>t    nurtiu' 
iMfoiv   movln"   into   tlic   mw    liuU.      Tli.it    's 
rltrhtl      Tluit    •■>    ri-l.t!      W>'    >.vt    '^t    ^'''-^ 
v.ry    ial.l.'    luTc  -  lur   air    ("orv    Kilh.rt    an' 
.lini    Hl>li(.i)    \vltl.    tlir   inlmit.s-air    Pottor 
,,„'  Turkfi-  an'  o\'  Tatr  an'      an*   I,rt'  IM- 
tln^rill.        v...,     sir.       I.'t*     r.ttln-ill     was 
lun-.    W.ll.  >v'll'.    Wl"'  '«'  '■•^'  tluH.Kht   it!" 
\h     |MU-k.rr<i    his    Hi)s,   lookin^r   l.ark    upon 
that    natlurinij;   with   a   nicnioritd   r.vt',   atul 
M.in--    all    its    trivial    incidents    in    a    nt'W 
h.rht.      "lAf    I'rttin-ilK   ^H'"      ^'''*'    ^''''*'"- 
.rlll'"'      lit-    Minuil    to   find    in    tho    nanu-   a 
,„w    inranin,-^.    a    sinisti-r    sound.     "Ho    was 
Miuai.l.lin'    xNith   rv'ry    ono,    sanu-    as    usual, 
too,    an'    M.arliii'    *roun'    sliowin'    his    ti'.th. 
\V.-  nii.uht    *a'   knowi'd  what  hv  "d   do  some 
,|:,v.    .    .    .   Wrll,  a  man  's  what  (lod  makes 
him."      Hi-   t'or<ravi-    IVttin^nll   with   a   «i's- 
tniv.      "Wo  mi-iht   'a'  donf  hcttcr  by  hini, 
nul.he.     Wf  na{rj;cd  him,  I  guess.      T'raps 
26  -p 


A  (;U.\M)   AllMV    MAN 


it  w.i>  ii"t  liiiii  tliat  «.is  t(i  hl.iiiif,  l)ilt  tlic 
(iiitik.  .  .  .  He  M  l)t<n  drunk  tlic  motiii' 
lirfnrc.  an'  !i.  wa^  tlic  tr(a>urtr.  an'  our 
-afc  \\a>  an  ol'  Kcv'hit  ion'ry  nlii',  an' 
that  '^  liow  It  conic  al)out  that  wc  >cnt 
I{()l)li  o\(  r  to  Wapalioc  Cltv  hank  witli  tho 
nioncx.  on  hi^  hicvclc  — the  (irst  l)icv«lc  in 
tlic  countv  >cat.  Vc>,  >ir.  H()hl)'s  was 
the  first."  lie  set  hl>  mouth  in  a  ])r()U(l 
conii)re-<>ion  of  tlic  h|)>.  "That  >howc(l 
what  tluv  .ill  tliou<;lit  o'  Rohh  an  cij^'i- 
tecn  vcai-ol'  hov,  Irustin"  him  with  over  Ji 
thous.in*  (hdl.irs  -ten  huniicrd  doUars  an' 
t'ortv->even   cents  I" 

lie  c.iu^^ht  l.ctiti.i's  cvc  a'ld  dropped 
that  incident  of  his  storv  .sudden! v,  in  an 
i'\asive  silence. 

"It  was  the  money  "e  'd  heeti  savin'  \ip 
fer  the  new  (;.  A.  R.  Iiall.  We  'd  been  ten 
ye.irs  free/in'  the  tcn^n  \ip  with  icc-crc.ini 
socials  an'  th.iwin'  it  out   with  ovstcr  stews, 


-.()  ;is  to  ^et  it. 


27 


A  (lUAM)  AllMV    MAN 


SinltVrii  laii>;lic<l  cncoiirni^riiij^'lv. 
Uli^tlow  smilfd  .1  (iiK'cr  tlinc-fdnicnd 
v„rt  of  r.liict;mt  Muilc  tli.it  lift.d  at  oiu- 
>i(|c  to  show  Ji  wisdom  tooth.  "Wf  in.iilf 
,Iim  Hlshop  chainiiim  o'  th.'  daiiciir  com- 
initt.c  fcr  thf  ni^dit  — wooden  Iv^  an'  ail- 
so  as  people  with  two  sonnd  le^rs  'd  ho 
ashamed  to  sit   ronnd  an'  see  him." 

"I  la  ha  I       (iood    enon^h,"     Smiiren     ap- 
plauded. 

*'.\n'  we  ])nrty  near  raised  a  riot  liv  ap- 
pointin'     I-et'     Pettiii;,'ill    cliairman    o'    tlie 
<lrliikin'  committee.     lie  ^n)t  up  on  his  liind 
le^rs     an'    went     after    .)ini     an'    Cory     fer 
langhin'     at     it.   .   .   .   Tliem     hoys!       Our 
nieetin's  list    to   soniid   like   a   sessions   in   a 
kennels! -with     Jim     an'     Cory     scrappin' 
ahont  ])olitics  ev'ry  other  minute,  an'  then 
.r„i,i'   after   Tettin'rill    to^'etlier   when   their 
hair  was  up.      It   ust   to   keep  me  poundin' 
the    hammer    on    this    ol'    marhle-top    like 
a  stone  hreaker."     He  lay  back  in  his  chair 
and    chuckled    frcniully,    his    rugged    smile 
28 


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f,\ 


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rS 


^<1A 


A  (illAM)  AllMV    MAN 


iMainiii^   witli   liiim.iiiit  V,  ami  all   lii«.  iiii>ir- 
ics  f(»r^i)t  hii  for  till'  moiiMiit. 

'•'I'Ihv    *n'   .1    <^rv:i\    lot    it'    l)()V^.      TIh-v 
oiif^lit     to    Ik'    in    litrr    tMav      p.tviii'    N<  v 
V(ar*>  calU.      Voii   'II  >»•>    'cm,  mthlu'.    .    .    . 
Well,    >ir,    I    'vc    kiioNMcl    'till    >iii(c    I    \va- 
'l)oiit     >o    lii^li.      An'    m\  !     Iiow     fin  v     'sf 
clianp'd!"      Hi'  addr.l.  "An'  mv  !  liow  tlicv 
hain't   clianf^fd  I"      He  >liook   lii>   In  ad  over 
it.     "\\\  u-«t  to  tliink  a  lot  o'  I,.t'  P.t tin;,nll 
ill    t'lcm   dav>      'cause  lie  'd  mvcr  do  wliat 
Ills     ma     till*     liim      lit  tie     nd-luadi'd     ras- 
cal.     She  'd  call  an'  c.ill   to  liim,  from   tlie 
h.ick  door,  to  come  an'  brinj^  lur  in  some 
wood,  er  a   |).iil   o'   water,  an'  he  'd   <fi)  on 
j)l.i\in'   with    us   as    if   he    mver   heerd   her. 
Never  turn  his  head.     Cory  *il  ^o  an'  ^nt  it 
fer  her,  like  's  not.     He  was  fat  then,  too  - 
Corv    was.       lie    's    round    's    a    tub    now. 
(Jreat  hoy,  Cory!   .    .    .   dim  Hishop  was  al- 
"avs  kind  o'  pious.     A  f^ood  hoy,  thou<;h  — 
an'  11  Hi^hter  when  he  ^ot  mad.     He  made  ii 

;3() 


it  I 


A  (iUAM)  AUMV    MAN 


nior.l  ill  til.-  war  .  .  .  1%  ttiii>,'ill  nilisttMl 
,it  tlif  first  -lint.  It  was  a  cim'  <>'  run  .iwny 
fnim  lioiiu-  fiT  liim-  unvtliin^  Ur  <livil- 
iii.iit  .  .  .  .liiii  Hisliop  >ai(l  lii>  pravrrs 
ov.  r  it  an'  volimt.irt  <l  witli  liis  moiitli  sliiit. 
Ho  knowcd  \n>  (liit.v  ...  I  KVK'ss  Cory 
u.tit  *caiiM'  all  tlif  rrst  of  lis  did.  I  did  n't 
know  iniicli  alxiiit  Cai).  Htstor  tlicm  days. 
lie  livi'd  ill  tlif  l)i;^  liouM"  up  tlu'  liill.  'I'll*  V 
all  said  it  was  tlif  uiiyfnrm  f^ot  him.  Ilan'- 
soiiif  l)()v.     Wfl! 

II. •  caiiic  liack  to  liis  siihjcct  with  a  sif^li. 
"Wi-  liad  our  last  iiirctlir  rijrlit  ln-ri-  — be- 
fore we  moved  into  the  new  Ilall.  .\n' 
when  we  M  distrihuted  the  had/^es  fer  the 
tii<fht,  an'  the  hoys  *d  took  out  the  loeker  — 
Ilol'  on,  thou^rh!  IIoP  on!  .lu.lge  An- 
drews come  ill  hefore  that.' 

".lud^e  .\ndrewsr"  Smitt'en  (lueried,  as  if 
lie  <liiiil\    reniemhered  the  name. 

"Tall  le;.n  man.  with  a  hiineh  o'  ^ray 
horsehair  on  his  ehin.     'D  be  a  frood-lookin' 

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A  (;i{AND  AHMY   MAN 


mail  if  Ik-  diii  n't  look  fis  lifini  outside  as  he 
is  insido.  Sort  o'  111,111  thnt  's  got  a  face 
like  a  stoiir  in  a  wall  —  with  a  crack  o' 
mortar  in  it  fcr  a  mouth.  Kli?  Know 
him.-*' 

Siiiifrcn  shook  his  licad  ami  returned  his 
plate  to  Letitia  for  another  helpin^r.  He 
was  eiijoyin/^  himself— cnunniinf;  himself 
with  food  and  gossip  and  chuckling  appre- 
ciatively over  hotli. 

Iligclow  hliuked  with  a  knowing  grini- 
iiess  and  drew  down  the  corners  of  his 
mouth.  "He  was  an  oP  vet,  too  —  an'  our 
Senior  Nice  hut  he  did  n't  come  roun'  to 
I'ost  luectiirs  any.  He  'd  levied  on  a  cow 
an'  some  chicktiis  that  was  all  that  was  left 
to  tlie  widow  of  one  of  our  Post  memhers  — 
an'  the  hoys  'd  soured  <Tii  him  fer  it.  We  all 
<'()t  out  ag'in  him  on  election  dav  an'  made 
our  evens  — hut  he  did  n't  like  us  none  the 
hctter  fer  luin'  licked."  He  jerked  his  h.oad 
in  the  direction  of  the  door.  "When  he 
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U 


A  GRAND  ARMV  MAX 


coiiH-  in  tluTc,  just  as  iiu'ctiii'  was  l)riakiii' 
up,  we  luadi-  him  wikomo  lu'st  we  coulil. 
Hi>  took  it  like  you  was  ortVriu'  a  pippin  to 
a  horse  that  M  l)ite  yer  hand  if  you  did  n't 
watch  liiin. 

"  'I  ast  to  l)('  oxcusetl,'  l>o  says,  'from 
scrviii'  on  any  committees  t'-ni^lit,'  he  says. 
He  *s  ^ot  a  voice  hke  a  liound  hayin'  in  a 
rain  har'l.  'I  '11  drop  in  durin'  the  evenin' 
with  my  dauj^hter  Ilallie,'  he  says.  'It 
promises  to  be  a  mixed  affair,'  he  s.iys, 
'hut  we  '11  remain  a  short  time.'  An'  so  on. 
Talk  like  that —  'bout  'G.  A.  H.  affairs  cal- 
lln'  out  a  rou<fh  attendanci,'  an'  so  forth. 

'•That  cut  into  my  hide.  'Well,  .Tud<re,' 
I  says,  'ol'  soldiers  ain't  al'ays  social 
leaders,'  I  says.  'When  our  country  needed 
nun,  she  took  'em  wherever  she  could  gvt 
'tin.  Sometimes  they  :crrf  rouj^h,'  I  says, 
'hut  a  rouffh  man  died  just  's  hard  's  a  pol- 
ished oni'  an'  fought  'bout  's  well,'  I  says. 
'I  likf  to  see  'mixed  classes'  smokin'  'roun' 
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A  GRAND  ARMY  MAN 


tlu-  Post  's  luiirtli;  siiys  I.  'Don't  know 
hut  wlijit  I  prefir  Vin.  I  liclong  to  the 
mixed  cIussls  myself.'  ' 

RifTflow  Imd  tlirowii  buck  Ills  liea.l  and 
sqimred  his  jaw,  .rloweriiif;  reminiscently. 

"'My  ohjeclion,'  the  Judj^e  says  — says 
111 — 'is  'at  you  invite  oidy  snhlifrs'  frieii's 
an'  soUlhrs'  widows  an'  sohUirs'  sympathiz- 
ers.    Why  not  a])|)eal  to  aiu)tlier  class.'' 

"  'You  me.m,'  1  says,  'the  ones  th.at 
stayed  home  an'  '^o[  rid.  while  wi   saved  the 

luon.' 

"That  started  him  off  fer  the  door  with 
a  crack  o'  the  whip.  I  had  to  whoa  him  up 
an'  coax  him  to  l)ack  in  a<f'in.  An'  tlun  I 
says,  'As  senior  Vice,  d<m't  you  think  y' 
„u<.ht  to  drill  with  us  t'-nifrht'r"  says  I. 
An'  he  sticks  out  Iiis  lonj:?  finj^er  at  me,  an' 
he  says,  'I  heen  jud^e  in  this  distrie'  fer 
si'veutiiii  years.'  he  says,  'an'  hojiored  in 
my  st.ite.  I  've  f^ot  a  reputation  fer  sever- 
ity, I  believe,  but  no  one  never  (juestioned 
Si 


i 


A  GRAND  ARMY  ^IA\ 


i 


my  intigrity.  You.*  he  says,  'you,  a  bro- 
tlur  vetonui,  took  otl'  yir  cout  to  <lofeiit  mc 
(lur;ii'  the  lust  cK'ction,  un'  the  inembcrs  o' 
this  Post  foHowed  yer  exiuuple.  After 
siviiiteeii  years  I  retire  from  tlie  bench  a 
tarj^et  fer  pubHc  abuse.  You,'  he  says, 
'you-' 

'•  'Yes,'  I  says.  'When  Jim  Tope  died, 
owiu'  you  a  small  amount,'  I  says,  'I  might 
'a"  kej)'  (juiet  when  you  took  possession  of 
iiis  widow's  cow.  I  might  'a'  swallowed  the 
cow.'  I  says,  'but  when  you  sent  back  an' 
Icvicil  on  the  chickens' "  —  he  pointed  to  his 
tliroat  significantly  —  "  'those  chickens  stuck 
right  here!' 

"  •Legally,'  he  says,  'that  widow's  pos- 
sessions heiongi'd  to  nu' ! 

"  '.Judge,'  I  says,  'if  (Jod  A'mighty  don't 
make  a  <harita!)le  man,  they  's  no  use  no- 
body else  undertakin'  the  contrac','  I  says. 
'I  give  yoM  the  road.'  An'  he  clapped  on 
his  hat,  an'  piled  out  the  door  there,  with 
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-'V  5j  v;----v 


IfCnKl  A-ininl.ty  (i.M.'l  n.:.kr  a  .•li.irital.l.-  man.  thry  's 
1,0  use  nobody  flsf  uiui.  rlakm"  tlu-  lontra.'  " 


'■.\J^N^ 


&u 


A  (iUANI)  ARMY  MAN 


.IS  imu'li  tioisc  iv  fi  tiaiii  <r()iii'  oviT  the 
Ho^^svillc  bridfTc." 

Siuifrm  l.iufrlu'tl  .ipplaiKlinf^ly,  and 
sl,ij)j)t'(l  the  tahlc.  "(i()(i(I !  (lood  ni()ii<fli !" 
Thiri'  w.is  ;i  new  look  in  his  jiale  eyts ;  it 
uas  one  of  amused  admiration. 

Bifrih)\v  waited  —  his  moutli  liard  in 
wrath,  his  nostrils  working.  "Warn't  I 
ri^dit  r" 

"Voii  were.     You  wore." 

He  made  a  t^esture  of  despair.  "Yes," 
he  said  hoarsely,  "an'  it  warn't  more  'n  a 
(lav  more  before  I  'd  've  eat  ev'ry  word  of 
It.  I'.v'ry  word  of  it!  \Vithout  butter. 
Tliat  's  what  it  is  to  be  r'li^hl!" 


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.f<m^ 


^' 


■^^l 


IV 


HK  rose  from  liis  chair  and  \n'^:u\ 
to  paci'  lip  and  down  the  room. 
"I  was  ri^lit  *l)oiit  UohiTt,  too, 
an'  whiit  comf  of  it  r  Kv'ry  ont"  il.-c  wantid 
nif  to  put  him  .sta^c  drivin'  — " 

Lftitia  sii^'oHstt'd  mildly,  "\V«11,  I  cHii't 
h.lp  thinkin'  we  ain't  dono  ri^ht  to  hrin-,' 
up  Hol)i)  the  way  wo  did,  Wts'.  Siixlin' 
liim  to  coUf^f  was  had  ftT  him,  mayhi'." 

"Did  you  sLud  liim  to  collf^fir"  SmitfVn 
a>kcd,  ama/i'd. 

"Vfs;  a  yi'ar  in  a  hus'niss  college,"  Bif^c- 
low  ixj)laiiu'd  simply.  "Don't  you  worry 
'l)out  llohiTt,  'Tish.  He  's  grcatiT  'n  Uoh- 
i-rt  Fulton." 

"Oh,  Jr«'.v'.'"  she  nnionstrated. 
38 


C4>^'- 


1 


A  (iUAM)  AHMV  MAX 


"Will."  he  crird,  "what  M  llolurt  rult.m 
.vcr  invent:'.  Notliin'  Itiit  strain.  Wliilf 
U(,l)l)-  paint   an'  l)olts  an'   println'   pn>MS 


ill) 


'•Hut  hv  aiiil!" 

"Ilf  will.  (Jive  liini  tinii'.  1  \v  U-vu  n^ 
sun-  of  him  rvcr  since  lie  was  a  little  scamp 
ill   red-topped  hoots." 

She  risin;ned  herself  to  silence,  lookm^ 
at  him  with  the  fon.l  anxiety  of  the  woman 
who  dares  not  interfere. 

"Wliv,  that  same  afternoon."'  he  said, 
"after  the  nieetin'.  win  ii  he  come  riihn'  up 
„n  his  iiicycle  Why,  his  mind  was  that 

full  o'  thinns  he  scarcely  saw  a  hody.  U 
w.is  'Ilello,  Aunt  I.etifia,'  an'  'Hello,  Dad,' 
an'  then  he  ^nvihs  his  saw  of!"  the  inant.l  an' 
his  plane  otr  the  desk,  an'  I..M;'ins  workin' 
away  at  them  shelves  he  was  makin'  fer 
"Fish's  hooks.  lle<iid  n't  have  time  to  eat- 
that  i)oy.  Hite  a  sandwich,  «,nilp  a  <flass  o' 
milk,  an'  j^rab  a  saw  a^r'in.  I  tell  you  he 
39 


"  I'e  did  n't  have  time  to  cat  — that  boy  " 


u 


A  (iUAM)  AUMV   MAN 


Iliad*'  the  »lii|i>  flv.     If  k'|)'  un  1)ii\v  tlcaniii' 
iij)  aftiT  him.     Di.l  n't  it,  "rislir" 

'•.M()>t  wort'  out  iiiv  tiirkov  ftfitlR-r,"  Lc- 
titia  11)11  fi^M'd. 

lii^clow  Miiilcd  and  Miiilcd  with  a  mist  in 
his  ovrs,  rifalliii^  the  vanished  pnscnce 
that  had  iiuant  so  much  to  them.  "Won- 
dt  rfiil  hov  !  You  could  tell  he  was  a  genius 
—  lie  was  so  iimdcst.  I  could  see  he  w;is  sort 
o'  worried  ahoul  something.  I  tliou;rht  it 
was  his  inventions,  hecause  he  said  he  had  n't 
heen  ahle  to  keep  his  iiiiiid  on  'eiii.  I  cheered 
him  up.  'Ver  thou<,dits  ain't  just  rifrJit  yet,' 
I  told  him.  'A  ^'ood  soldier  's  ^'ot  to  wait 
till  it  's  time  to  fire.  P'raps  these  .setbacks 
are  needed  fer  the  uphuildin'  o'  genius,'  I 
says.  'All  sunshine  an'  no  rain  don't  hrin;:; 
out  the  fields.'  'Well,'  he  says,  'niehho 
you  're  ri^ht,  Dad.'  " 

I-etitia    interrupted.      "He    was    worried 
*l)out  his  mail.     lit  was  expectin'  a  letter." 
"That 's  so  !  That 's  so  !"  Ijigclow  stopped 
41 


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\l 


A  (iUAM)   AU.MV    MAN 


Id  <\r  liir  with  Ji  new  (■oltl|)^(•ll(il^i^)tl. 
"Tliat  l(tli  T  I'idiii  l<)«ii,  ill?  llo  iiai>l  "ii' 
l)((M  VM)rr\  ill'  ;il)(Hil   it  tlii  ii. 

Slic  iHiddcd  sadly.  '"Don't  yoii  rniicin- 
ln  I-  Voll  >»  lit   till    lioy  over  (III   tile  colt    Wv  till.' 

las'  mail \ii'   1   tlioiiojit   *t    uas  all  lii- 

cailsf  lie  was  ill   love." 

"Wliv!"  l{i;;.l<>w  said,  "'riiat  's  wliat 
lie  lilUsf  "a'  Illcailt  wllcM  lie  s  id  iu'  was  ^oiii' 
to  iiiakc  liis  foitiiiif.  I)'  \.  II  'iiitiiil)(  T.^  '1 
won't  iNplaiii  jiis'  yet,'  ln'  says,  'hut  htfon- 

I  ^ct  throii;;!)  I  '11  1k'  I'v'ry  hit  as  hijr  a  man 
as  .lud^c  Andivws.'  That  's  what  it  was." 
He  irroaiiid  and  shook  his  luad.  "If  wo  \\ 
only  knowcd,  "Pish.  It  iiii^ht  n't  'a'  hi'i^n 
too  latf      thtii/' 

Tlu  V  staml  at   i  ach  otlur,  in  a  rcniinis- 

II  lit   t r.i^^icality. 

"I  could  sec  he  was  discontcnf cd,"  he  c\- 

|)!aiiicd   to  Siiiifrcii,  who   had  hcin   listening 

with  a  syiiijiathy  that  was  no  lon<i;cr  merely 

assumed.     "Hut   I  did  n't  know  wliat  it  was. 

V2 


A  (;HAM)  AFIMV   MAX 


I  tliui  .1  it  wuN  |ii>t  *al  lie  waN  voiitiff  an' 
Mtiii'  lliiii;^s  ill  liiiii|)>.  II.>  «a,>  falkiii'  'hoiit 
li.iviii'  t'ailt'il  ill  lil'i  liiiii  tliat  had  n't  liiilli 
f.rt  out  o'  till'  slirll  v.t  !  Talkiii'  alimit 
<\"rv  (iiH  ill  tii\Mi  liciiT  (linMi  (III  liiiii  liccaiix' 
lie  M  111  ell  Imiiii  uitliniit  a  miinv  in  his 
piK  k(  t  a^  if  t\'i\  hnily  :i.iini'.'!  An'  roin- 
jiliiiiiiT  h((aii>r  he  wain't  a^t  to  .lii(l;^t'  An- 
ihtw^'.  That  «a>  another  Ihin^.  .An' 
>aviii'  that  voiiii^  Wtlliii.in  was  ust  thoro 
ri^lit  aloii^."  Ill'  sliook  hi^  head,  in  dti^p 
thoiiM^ht,  piicii  ^  it  all  to^-ct her. 

Siiiifrcii  asked,  to  keep  him  ^oin^,  "Who 
\\a>  W'elliiian  .'"" 

"W'l  II.  von  see,"  HiMcIou  he^an  at  the  he- 
^iiiiiin^.  "Welliiian  an'  llolil)  'd  heiii  at, 
school  tonetlHi-,  with  voiiiifT  Ilallie  An- 
drews, the  .Iiidj;-e*>  daughter.  An'  then 
Welhiian  went  to  Indianap'lls  —  he  was  a  lot, 
older  'ii  Hohl)—  to  study  in  a  law  ofKee.  An' 
he  ciiiie  hack  here  that  spring  to  represent 
I  lie  District  AttoriKV  hefore  the  Grand 
V.i 


17 


A   (.|{.\M)   AH.MV    MAN 


K 


.Iiirv.  An'  .Fii(l;fr  Amlii  «>  M  kind  <>'  picknl 
liiin  oiil  fir  llalilr  ;m'  lie  lunliil  it  over 
l{i)lil».  Mr  conif  In  111  II'  oiir  il.iv  fi  r  an  ck- 
nrcsN  iiacka^^r.  Surf  u'  ilnn;^llfacril  lonklll' 
frill  T,  «ltli  sprctacli  s  an'  a  walkiii'  >tl(k. 
'I'lic  kiinl  that  '>  aJ'aNA  liinwin'  "hunt  liow 
III'  *s  <fi)t  alini;^.  An'  ulirii  Uohli  N|iokr  np 
'liont  M)iiii'  |iri>[»!c  lia\iir  luck,  >av-'  lii',  '.My 
•  liar  li<i\,'  lie  >av>  llinni^rli  lii>  iiomi',  Mlirrr  '■< 
IK)  siuli  fliin;;-  as  luck.  I  had  n't  any  had 
hahits,'  III'  says,  *t'  cncDiirafrc  nic  to  throw 
a«ay  my  nioiny.  I  in  illnr  drink  m  r  smoke, 
an'  I  'vc  al'ays  fonnd  time  t'  at  tin'  church 
cv'ry  Snnday'— an'  he  stalks  out  with  his 
ihin  u|),  savin'  something  'l)ont  jiis'  havin' 
time  to  ^v\  to  supper  at  the  .lud^^e's 
An'  that  hrun^  it  all  to  a  head  with 
Hohl). 

"  'There  you  see,  D.id,'  he  says,  'that  fel- 
ler coniis  hack  hoiiu'  an'  f^ets  the  f^irl  he 
wants.  If  a  hoy  's  ^oin'  to  succeed  lie  's  pot 
to  pet  away  from  where  ev'ryhody  knows 
14       ^      


■  V 


I  had  n't  any  bad  habits,'  he  says 


urr^r^m^>;  ^s"-^-  :m 


A   (JHAM)   AK.MV    MAN 


liiiii/  All'  tlii'ii  III'  ii|)  an'  out  \\H\i  it  tlint 
lie  wa>  ;^i)iii*  to  lia\r  lioilU'. 

"At    fir>t  Will,   wliiii    MT  liov  .says  ii 

tiling-  likr  that,  you  don't  know  -  yon  don't 
kno«  lio«  to  think.  At  fiiNt  I  did  n't  luliiyc 
liiiii.  An'  thru  I  tried  to  put  liiiii  oH"  liy 
tcllin'  him  to  ^o  over  to  'I'lrry  H'liti'  frr  a 
day  an'  >ir  lit'i.  An'  tlini  wlitii  lie  went  on 
"hoiit  ha\  in'  lii;^  |>lan>  to  ffit  t  he  nioniy  to  iro 
away  an'  how  lie  'd  never  ainoiint  to  a  row 
o*  pills  it"  he  stayed  lure  er  he  'd  ^o  to  the 
deyil  -  He  was  shakin'  like  a  colt,  as  white 
as  paper.  I  thoii;^lit  he  *d  oyerstudied, 
niehhe  —  a  boy  like  him,  t/dkin'  foolishness!'' 

"So,"  Letitia  put  in,  with  spirit,  "  'stead 
o'  listeiiin'  to  him,  you  ordered  him  off  to  lie 
down  in  the  hammock.  .\ii'  then  ytni  quar- 
reled with  iiif  fer  tryin'  to  tell  yt)u  he  was  in 


loye: 


i"» 


Hi^elow  had  taken  a  horse  collar  out  of 
tile  closet   and  sat   down  to  mend  it,  like  a 
cobbler,    witli    needle    and    waxed    thread. 
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'^m' 


A  CHAM)  AUMV   MAN 


"Vou  were  pickiii'  fit  tlio  Ix.v,"  Ik-  .UiVndod 
liimsc'lf.  "Kv'rylxxly  Wii.>>  pickin'  at  liini, 
',;ni>f  tluv  roiild  n't  Mf  tlu'  workin'  of  hi- 

lA'titifi  !■.)>(■  to  c-lc.ir  till'  .li>lus  from  the 
tfil)h'.  "A  woiiiJiii  iti.-iy  not  f«ee  '^  f'lr  n  h 
,u;iii,"  ^he  xiid,  "iHit  wliat  she  docs  Me  >he 
Mrs    .,uiek.r.       I    e<.ul<i    see    that    hoy    was 

spoilt." 

"Well,   if   he  was   spoilt,"   Hi<relow   eried, 

"it  was  yon  spoilt  him." 

"Tlie    whole     town     was    eritiei/.in'    you 

fer-" 

"All'  von  wt'i-e  siditr  with  'em.     You  — 
"V,.>,"      >he      .leclared.      "1      KV/.v      sidiii' 

with" 

"Well,  th  'f  fer  this  town."  he  cried  in  i' 
passion,  sna|)i)in^'  his  (in^irs.  "An'  that! 
He  threw  the  horse  collar  on  the  floor  at  her 
feet,  and  she  retreated  from  the  storm  she 
had  raised,  taking  refu-e  Inhiiid  the  table. 
"Whv,  Wcs',"  siie  whimpered. 
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A  (iUANI)  ARMY   MAN 


"I  come  lioiiK"  lure  t'-<lay  ptrfictly  amia- 
l)li',"  lie  sliouted,  ^liakin^  liis  fist  at  lur. 
"An'  you  keep  at  that  boy!  Dern  it !  Voii 
keep  a-pickin'  at  liiiii  an'  a-(iin^in'  at  him!'' 

Slie  hurst  into  tears  and  Hed  from  the 
room. 

"Vou  keep  a-piekin'  at  liim  an'  a-chnfjin' 
at  him!"'  he  cried,  .stam|)in^  about.  "An' 
a-j)ickin'  at  him  an'  a-(hn^in'  at  him  !" 

He  fliui^  out  of  the  room  liimself,  slain- 
miii'T  tlie  (h)or  after  him;  and  Smitreii,  h)ok- 
in^  around  at  tlie  sudden  emptiness  of  the 
])hice,  lay  hack  in  his  chair,  convulsed  with  a 
silent  liui^hter  that  was  not  at  all  unkind. 

Uefore  he  could  com|)i)>e  his  features, 
Bi^elow  hurst  in  a<;ain,  and  poi-iting  a 
threatening  forefinger  at  the  closed  door  of 
the  staircase  up  which  Letitia  had  vanished, 
he  shouted  in  a  voice  that  shook  the  win- 
dows, "You  let  that  boy  alone!  You  let  him 
alone !  I  brought  up  Robert  to  suit  myself, 
an'  I  won't  hear  no  more  'bout  it  I" 
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A  CJHAND  ARMY   MAN 


snorted,  fiiiniii}^. 

••Wlmt  's  tlmtr"  lio  cried  wluH'liii(:r  on  the 
dosed  door.  There  wiis  no  answer.  lie 
cdu^lit  lip  tlie  horse  collur  from  the  floor, 
turned  on  the  door  nj^iii-i,  opened  his  mouth 
and  shut  it,  and  stood  Hsteninff. 

He  oidd  hear  n<»thinf^.  He  stood  hack 
to  h).  ,  through  tlie  fanlij^ht,  at  th»'  stair- 
case lanchnj^  ahove.  He  couM  see  notliin^. 
Thin  he  calKil,  in  a  relentin<^  tone,  "Leti- 
tia!"  He  f^ot  no  answer.  "I.etitia!"  No 
answer.  ^le  oj)ened  the  (h)or,  anil  said, 
'"Tisli!     'Tishr 

It  was  all  so  delightfully  simj)le  and  un- 
conscious that  Smiffen  turned  his  hack  on 
it,  touched,  and  went  to  the  window  to  smile 
out  nt  the  snow. 

'"Tish,"  he  pleaded.  "Oh,  come  on, 
'Tish.     (\)me  on  an'  set  down." 

And  when  Letitia  came  down  the  stairs 
af^ain,     wipiuf^    her     eyes,     he    a])olo<;ized. 


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A  (iUAM)  AU.MV   MAX 


"("oinr  .•111'  set    down.      Mi  hlu^   II   .idinit  I 
WHS  liasty.     I      " 

"If  you  "(1  only  f.ikc  a  calin  view  o' 
tliirin,,"  sli,.  s.,l,l„.,|.     '-Hut  if  I  .v.r      " 

"Now  T  'm  I  'ill  V.ilin,'  "I'lMi,"  111. 
wliiidlcil  licr,  >lH,wiM;^  all  Ills  tii  tli  in  an  iii- 
^ratialiii^  ^riii  that  was  irn^istililc  In  its 
j)ifial)li'  la^aTiiiss  to  iiiako  up.  "I  'm  just 
as  |ili'nsaiit." 

'"I  know  wliat  liolil)  's  meant  to  voii,"  she 
jtrotcstiil,  allowliin-  |iii-m1|'  to  he  foaxid  into 
ii  chair.  "Hiil  .jiist  lucan^c  his  iiiotlur  was 
tlir  only  woman  you  cmt      " 

"Oil,  pshaw!"  he  said.  "Pshaw!  We 
ain't  ^oln'  to  i|iiarrel  after  all  these  years. 
Two  parents  like  us  — " 

"That  's  just  the  way  Wes'  went  on."  she 
accused  him  to  Smitf'en,  "when  I  told  him 
Kohl)  wanted  to  run  away  hiiause  lie  w;is  in 
love." 

Hi^felow  sat  down,  subdued,  and  began  to 
sew  penitently  on  lils  horse  collar. 
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•'He  llmin  out  of  tlif  nxiiii  liimsrlf ' 


A  (IHAM)  ARMY  MAN 


"All'  it  Wfis  n't  till  I  shnwcd  him  the  Ut- 
ters U()l)l)  Imd  written  to  IluUie  jm'  l)een 
afniid  to  send  — rij^lit  in  tliis  druwer  here." 
She  went  to  the  desk  to  show  liini.  '"Ilohh 
did  n't  know  I  could  ffet  into  his  dniwer  hy 
tiikin'  out  this  upper  one.  An'  it  w;is  n't  till 
I  showed  Wes'  the  hook  'To  Il.illie  An- 
drews from  Kohl),'  an'  nil  those  letters  ad- 
dressed—  " 

"Well,  an  eifrhteen-year-old  hoy!"  Bi^i- 
low  argued.  "With  liis  head  full  o'  paints 
an'  printin'  presses!  I  did  n't  think  he  was 
that  kiiiil  o'  l)oy." 

"You  were  that  kind  o'  hoy,  were  n't  you? 
I)'  vou  think  he  was  tlie  only  one  ott"  his  pat- 
tern.;-" 

"Why,  it  (hd  n't  seem  more  'n  the  day  he- 
fore  that  I  'd  seen  him  out  in  the  jrarden 
riihn'  on  a  stick  horse!" 

"Yes,  an'  when  I  proved  it  to  you,  what  'd 
you  sav?     What   'd  you   say?     That   lie  'd 
heen  led  on!     That  he  'd  never  'a'  thought 
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A  (lUAM)  AU.MY   MAN 


m 


of  it  liiiiisclf !     Tliiit  shi-  M  K<l  liini  <»n.     Y(»u 
were  just  us  ,airc(i,i'utihh'.  Wis'." 

"Well,  p'riips  I  WHS,"  hi-  )i(lmittc<l  luim- 
l)lv.  "r'raps  I  WHS.  Hut  I  coulil  ii't  k-t  my 
hov  K"  without  tryin'  to  kcij)  liiiii,  'Tisli. 
.  .  .  All'  I  (ii«l  n't,  luitlur,"  li.'  Ixxisto.l.  "I 
^ot  till'  ^irl  fir  liiin  uuywuv,  if  lu-  liuil  n't 
11    ^oni'  im     - 

"Wh.it:'"  SnilfFin  hlnrted  out.  Ditl  n't 
In — "  II,.  sjit  iloAii,  hlushiuir  at  this  sud- 
(lin  hitruy.il  of  a  curiosity  which  thiy 
iiii^lit  consiiiir  iniju-rtinrnt.  "I  ini'iin  I  'd 
liki-  to—"  III'  Imil  supposiil  that  tho  hoy 
liail  run  away  hocauso  of  an  unfortunate 
love  affair.  "I  fiil  sort  of  a  personal  in- 
terest in  liini.     I  —  " 

"Well,"  Bif^elow  challenffeil  liis  house- 
keeper, "they  's  no  denyin'  Hohb  has  niaff- 
netisni."  She  did  not  dispute  it.  "I  '11  tell 
you,"  he  said  to  SmiflTen.  "Robb  don't 
know  'bout  it,  but—  I'll  tell  you  how  it 
was." 

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I 


HI',  si'wid  on  his  liorse  colliu . 
••\'()U  ■-(<•."  he  s.iid.  i)un<tii;r  iii;^ 
his  n.irr.itivi-  with  stitr.  -.  "thf 
jriil  f.uiio  over  lure  that  aftiriiooii  to  hiMi^ 
sonu'  flowers  >h('  wanted  to  i;ive  "Fi^h  fer 
the  opeiiin'  o'  the  new  hill  to  put  on  t  ne 
Helief  ('ori)s  tahle.  An'  I  (•oa\><l  her  to 
(dine  in  an'  s(  I  a  httie.  .  .  .  Ni>.  she 
coiihi  n't  conio  in.  at  (ir>t.  An'  then  she 
••oiihl  n't  stay.  An'  tluii  sh.'  conhl  onlv 
stay  a  niiinite.  .  .  .  W-IU  I  had  n't  rij^rhtly 
seen  her  since  slie  was  ^ro\\..l  np.  an'  when 
I  |)nt  on  my  {^lasses  to  <ret  a  <:;ood  h)ok  at 
lier,  slie  took  me  hack  thirty  year."  He 
wa<"red  liis  ohl  head.  "There  ain't  nothin' 
like  '.'m  at  that  aj^e  -ail  curls  an'  hhishes 
an'   lookin'   at   yoii   sidt  ways,   like  you   was 


•^ 


A   (iUWl)   AUMV    MAN 


1 1\  in'  ♦<)  krtcli  a  y  tail  ill'  \nlli  a  p  in  i>'  (i,il^. 
.  .  .  Slu'  was  |>iii'l\.  I  iiiMT  Mill  iHitlim' 
|)iirtiir  siiicr  |{i)l)!)'s  iiiotlu  r."  Hi>  t  v  >  -if 
ill  a  vacant  f^a/c  tliat  was  liri^^lit  uilli 
Miiilo^.      "Si  Miifi  (11  !     Sill'  was  s(  xciitti  11." 

Lititia  w  lii>|)cn  (I.  "And  wluii  slic  luhl 
liiiii  >lif  "as  si\  iiitttii.  Ill'  s.iid,  'I-ititia! 
(let  liiT  a  pifci'  ()'  caktl'  Tliat  's  all  lie 
knows  alioiit  ^irls  I" 

Slic  ih^an  to  clrar  away  the  di-lu  s  from 
till-  talilc.     Till'  clatter  rouscil  Hif^rilovv. 

"I  M  no  idrc  she  M  fprowcd  up  so  nuicli. 
I  rtiiiiiiilicri(l  lur  's  a  little  j^jal  'liout  so 
lii^li.  She  was  l)i<r  fer  seventeen-  an'  she 
said  slie  was  'nearly  seventeen'  the  way  nic 
an'  yon  'd  sav  wc  was  nearly  si\inty.  It 
made  me  wish  I  was  yoiiii;^  .in'in  myself. 
.   .    .   She  was  jiiirty. 

"I  l)e;^iiii  to  make  up  to  her  when  I  ^ot 
her  settin'."  He  winked  kiiowinj^ly.  "An' 
T  says.  'Miss  Andrews,'  I  says,  'hiin'  a  <ral, 
o'  course   vou   've   thoiiirht    'iiout   heaus  an' 


■r^rr,::  ■'^^ 


T  .  f.,  w  r  , 


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A  GUAM)  AUMV  MAS 


—  un'  marri.i^fi'.''     An*  -       -.'iif^lis.  ;in'  picks 
at   tlif  Hoiiiicf  on  li(  r  iiu  :\u'  >;i_vs,  "NO, 

()'  ooiirM'  1  iiavc  i)"t.'  Hill  I  could  >■«'»•  ^lli' 
hniL  Sure."  He  >iiiilt'(l  that  liidcscrili.ililc 
wide  siniK-  of  lil>.  tciidir-cvit'  to  tlii"  point 
of  patlms,  hut  with  an  all  lo^t  fri-imiiM^ 
sliow  of  tilth.  "Thiv  UK  ^tlv  do  -<fal.>. 
A  l)ov,  now.  Ill-  won't  know  «liat  *s  the  ni;it- 
tcr  with  him  whin  he  '>  in  love  liki'  tl  at  ; 
a!)'  hi'  Jiin't  fiiinkin'  "l)out  ni.irriayc  no 
more  *n  a  sprint^  lamh.  VA\'f  The  <^;i\'  s 
tfot  more  sense.  I  coidd  M'l'  .s7(('  had-  till' 
wav  >hi  laughed  an'  looked  down  at  the 
flounce  >he  wa>  Hn^eriir.  .\n'  I  -ay>.  'Now 
I  tell  //o//.  1  don't  ktn)w  hut  thev  '^  a 
steadvin'  influence  in  early  courtship.  Miss 
Andrews  a  steadyin'  inthience.'  .\n'  >he 
savs,  'Do  you  think  youn^-  ^il>  need 
eadyui  .' 

SmiH'eii    chuckled.      "\ou    were   thinkinj^ 
of  the  hoy  P" 

He    nodded,    with    an    air    of    sohir    mis- 
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A  GRAM)  ARMY   MAX 


cliirf.  "An'  I  s.ivx.  "No,  IK).  I  (loii't  iin'.iii 
il  tli.it  «;iy.  Rut  it  \  a  |fn!it  imluci'iiu'iit 
f(  r  Vdimj^  pcojili  .'  I  >,iys.  'divis  \iii  soiiii'- 
tliiiijj;  t(i  work  fcr,'  I  says.  *I  (l:)ii't  know,' 
I  say  ,  'con^Idfriii'  .ill  the  tcnij)tatii)ns  in 
life  I  don't  know  hut  \\ li.it  early  ni.ar- 
ri.i^ts  (ire  hist.'  I  says,  'with  the  conscMit  o' 
tlic  jiart'iits,  ()'  {-oiirsf.  An'  tliin,'  s.iys  I, 
'it  kitps  '(  ni  lioinc'  An'  slic  says,  'D'  you 
tliink  m.'Uiy  <^:\]^  need  kccpiii'  lionii'.''  " 

SmuII'iii,  with  hi>  hi.id  on  one  >i('f.  srnti- 
intntidly,  had  his  mouth  set  in  tin'  f.ituous 
hroad  ^rin  of  thr  hciit-ticklcd. 

"She  did  n't  know  wh.it  I  was  at,  *t  nil. 
I  could  sec.  Shf  w.is  Ihiiinin'  'hout  htr 
f.ithcr  w.intin'  lur  to  nuirrv  youiif^  Wi'Il- 
ni.an.  She  s.iid  lur  f.itlu  r  'd  said  a  j^al 
should  n't   think   fcr  hri-»clf  'hout  ni;irri;i<.ji' 

th.it    //(•   w.is    till'  one   to   drcidc.      An'   o' 

(oursf  I   told  lur   I  could  n't   i  ncour.i<ji'  a 

f^.il  to  <fo  .i^'in'  .a  ]);in'nt  -hut  —  Well,  you 

sec,  I  wanted  to  find  out  how  >he  felt  'hout 

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A  (iUAM)  AUMV    MAN 


Hohl),  so  I  ust  Ikt  a  fvw  Kadiir  (lurstioiis. 
I  ust  Irt  what  >1k'  kiiowid  'hout  lioii^t'Mork, 
an'  sill'  Miiiittcd  .sho  'I  Itciii  >tiulyiii'  tln' 
cook  hook." 

At  this  j)icturt'  of  She  ^iiildos  ohi  plotter 
.■;ii(l  the  iiiistis}H'(tiinf  <rirl  Siiiitf'iii  ixplodcil 
ill  .'i  siiddiii  ^uH'aw;  I)ut  lli■^  liilaritv  was 
iiu'ItIv  the  nervous  over-i  \pre-'-<i(iii  oT  his 
ahnost  fearful  delight  in  Hi^elow's  sirii>Iic- 
il  V  in  the  eharniin^  siinplii-itv  of  a  lova- 
hle  old  Mian.  He  regained  control  of 
himself  as  suddenly,  and  couLjhed  hehiiid 
his  hand. 

Uii^i  low  went  on,  smiling:  "An'  then 
after  a  littK'  nianeiiverin"  "hout  it  hein'  a 
^■ood  idi'c  fer  yoitn^  jii'ople  to  start  in  early 
an*  raisi'  a  fain'ly  I  up  an'  tells  lu  >•  that 
Hohl)  was  talkni'  i)oiit  lea\  in*  lionu'  'h(nif 
ninnin'  away.  .\n'  I  sc  >ii  hv  the  way  >h' 
looked  up  at  nie,  M-ared  an"  took  Midden  — 
I  su.-pieioiied  how  .*  wa^  \vitli  her  An'  I 
savs,  'llallii,'   I   sav~.  "I   ilon't    want    him  tc 


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'Sln'  ■linnllni  slir  M  liiili  stiiil>  in"  tlif  iiiok.  IxHik." 


A  C.iiAM)  AUMV    MAN 


fall  III  love  with  till  wroii)^  kind  >•'  ;;,il.  An' 
that  *>  "liv  1  ^urt  ()*  hi^rin  fo  vi^li  he  M 
vtcadv  down  to  tuc  rij;lit  one  with  hath 
till'  parent-"  con-iiit  an'  -^tay  at  lionir,'  1 
>av>.  An"  uluii  I  -aid  *tli.'  rijflil  on<''  I  kt 
lur  Ml    I  niiant  In  "."' 

Lttitia  liad  di>aj)jK'arod  into  t'  kit(  '  n 
with  Iht  di-hi-.  Hi^ilovv  hiid  a>idf  hi- 
ho!"-r  coll  ir. 

"W(  11. ■■  lif  >aid.  "tha  hriin<r  it  all  out  - 
"hoiit  voiin;^  W.lhiian.  Vou  >tr,  >h  had  "t 
anv  niothcr  -hr  c-  Id  <^o  t'  an"  o'  courx' 
hir   rather   ua-   a^'in"   In  in'   -he  liad   n't 

an',  i;al  rriitid-.  "cau-f  lit  r  tath.r  would  n't 
lit  hiT  havr  iioiir.  Ill-  pnt  litr  aliovr  'tin. 
An'  -111  had  to  t(  il  -onu'  one.  An'  so  -he  uji 
an'  t.  11-  nil'.  *My  i'atlur,'  nIic  -ay-,  •wiiiit- 
nir  to  mirrv  u  in  in  I  can't  love.  It  '-  Mi- 
trr  W  I  Hill  in.'  -lie  >ay-.  An'  -he  want-  to 
know  u  hat   -he  w  a>  to  do. 

"I   did  n't   know  what   to  tell  h      .      An'  I 
wanted  to  make  -ure  'hout   Rotii).     >o  1  iist 
Go 


A  (JUAM)   AU.MV    MAN 


lur  if  ^.Ik.'  M  ivcr  pickid  out  Jiiiv  voiiii^ 
('(  llcr  'iiioii^-t  those  tli.it  wcri'  coiiiiii'  to 
lur  lioiiif.  All*  >lii  >ai(l  slir  could  n't  — 
'(•ausr  iiiT  fat  lur  mvcr  let  hardly  aiiyltodv 
roiiu'.  All'  Ihtii  slir  says,  *!  ain't  very 
liappv,'  >1r'  says,  an'  puify  luar  hc^iiis  to 

try. 

"So  tluii  I  sf.ii  I  'd  havr  to  takr  a  holt 
o'  till-  Ims'iicss  hy  till  hridlc.  An'  I  says, 
•L()ok-a-hcri\  now,  Ilallir.'  I  says,  'I  want 
to  show  von  soiiuthiii;^.'  .\ir  I  \4iiit  to 
Hol)l)'s  drawer  an'  ^ot  out  the  letti'rs.  an' 
tells  her  they  're  love  letters  he  'd  been 
writiti'  to  some  ^al  an'  never  seiidin'  'em. 
An'  that  made  her  look  kind  o'  (juei  r.  'I'liey 
were  in  the  envelopes  an'  ;'.ll  addressed  an' 
all-  liiit  1  did  n't  lot  her  see  who  to.  *Ho 
must  *a'  thoujfht  a  -food  deal  'bout  some 
<ral,'  I  savs.  An'  then  when  I  leiuied  down 
--,vo  — to  find  the  book,  'To  Hallie  Andrews 
from  llobb,'  I  kind  o'  held  tho  letters  be- 
hind me,  so  's  she  could  see  the  addresses  on 
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A  (JUAM)  AUMV    MAN 


'cm.  All'  ulitii  I  st  rjii^littiud  up,  slu-  '<! 
lit  (11    jicckiii'   af    \iii,   ail'      an'  I'Ji?"   \\v 

iTounl.      "I'.lir" 

Siiiifl\'ii  siiiackt'il  lii>  kiur,  llaf teriiij^  tlii' 
old  man  with  lii>  pleased  illte^t•^^  in  tlli^  lit- 
tle idvll  of  coiiiitrv  fc)iirt>liip.  "(lood 
( iiou^li !     Did  n't  that 

Hi^elow  wiped  his  Miiile  oil  the  hack  of 
his  hand.     *"Slie  he^iiii  to  cry  I" 

"'i'o  cr.v.-" 

"She  he^tm  to  cry.  ^'oii  sec,  Rohh  'd 
never  ;ist  her,  an'  she  -  Well,  yoil  see,  she 
said  it  warn't  no  use.  liohh  \l  never  .ist 
her,  lint  she  *d  sort  o'  ktiowed,  she  said,  an' 
her  father  'd  knowfd,  too.  *He  knows  e\'ry- 
thiii^.'  she  says.  An'  I  ^iiess  that  was 
'liout  ri<^ht.  .Iiid^e  Andrews  's  a  mij^hty 
know  in'  sort.  That  was  why  he  wanted  her 
to  marry  Wellman.  An'  she  jiis'  put  her 
head  on  the  fahit'  an'  tried,  an'  said  .siie  'd 
sooner  drown  herself  than  marry  Wellman 
—  said  she  'd  .sooner  die. 


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—  "iaiii  shi'  ■(!  soomT  (lie" 


'^^m^^^^mm^MiA 


A   (JH.WI)   AUMV    MAN 


"Tliat  *>  tin-  \\n\  uliiri  vou  're  voiiii;r, 
til?  A^  if  tliiTf  w.irii't  ;,'nin'  to  lu-  plititv 
I)'    tiiiie   tr»    (lie    ill    wliiii    tin  re    w.iiii't    ,iiiv- 

lllill;^    cl^c    \i,    lie    (Inllc.        All'    >llc    >()l)lli(l    >() 
■he  shnnk   tllr  f.ililr." 

"^'oii  Ii.'kI  voiir  li.iiiiK  full,"  SiiiidVii  >.ii(l. 
"V(>,  >ii-.     I  M  \s.iiit((|  to  cill  ill   Li'titi.i 

to    lnl|)   ullrll    vile   M    (il-st    ^t,■l|•t^•(|    to   crv,   illlt 

>lic  >.ii(l.  'Oil,  IK),  don't,  Mi^trr  ni;4(l()\v  !' 
she  >,ti(l.  'It'  voii  km  \\  how  I  \\,i>  I'lijoviii' 
tlii>  visit  !•  " 

"What  I"  Siiiiircii   cried.      "Wrll,   I  '11  he 
-      Sav  I" 

ni;4;rlo\v  iioiidiil  and  Miiilid  and  vho(>k  his 
head.  "I'oor  ^'ai.**  he  said  |iitviii^dv.  "I 
;^iu>s  >hr  had  n't  had  iiiiiili  kindnoN.  She 
thoiii;lit  I  did  n't  uiidrr>taiid.  'Voii  don't 
know  what  it  is,"  she  said.  '\ih\  tliink 
'raiiM'  I  'mi  voting  I  ran't  sidl'i  r,'  shf  savs. 
*\'oii  don't  know  w  li.it  it  is  to  jovi-  .soiiii'  one 
w  ith  no  hope  an' 

lie  lookid  hard  at    the  horse  collar.     "I 
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>^  't'rjj*;y^'^^'^/r_:i^^ 


A  (JIIAM)  AUMV   MAN 


llinutd  tli.it  fciliii*."  he  s.lid.  "I  ll.ul  it  ntlic 
li  r  H<)l)!i\  iiii)tlur.  An'  wluii  -lie  tlio^c  tlic 
(itlicr  fclirr,  I  M  «,iiitiil  to  (in  morn  'ii  oner 
iiiVM-lf.  .  .  .  'I'li.it  '-  «liv  nil  my  f»iliii\ 
li.iil  ^oiic  out  to  tlif  hoy.  An'  "liv  I 
cdiilil  n't  part  uitli  lilm.  .  .  .  lie  linil  liis 
iiioflit  r'>  cyi's,  an'  \i\>  iiiotli'r'N  -mile."  His 
f.icc  w.is  woi-kIii;^,  tniimloii^  uitli  tlic  np- 
j)r(>iuli  of  tf.irs. 

lie  rose  .'il)i'u|)t l\ ,  to  put  ;iwav  tlic  collar. 
W'luri  III'  (•:niir  li.ick.  In-  >.'ii(i,  "Will,  I  toT 
hi-r  I  coiiltl  n't  jj;\\r  luitlit  r  o'  tlicm  no  fii- 
coiirai^riniiit .  Could  n't  rncoiir.i/^c  n  ;^al 
to  <^o  a;;'in*  litr  tatlicr.  *Hiit  if  I  w.is  a 
^al,'  I  says,  'an'  loved  .i  l)i>y,  I  'd  ^iM'  liiin 
ji  c'liancr  to  prove  liiniMH','  I  >.iys.  '.ai'  tin  ii 
I  'd  stick  to  liim  t\r  litC'  .'.n'  .m'  tlicn  I 
called  in  Kol)l>." 

"What  !" 

''Well,  I  coidd  n't  do  no  more  fer  liiin. 
I   ^e^•n  lie  'd   liaVe   to  do  tile   re>t    llilil>elf." 

'"Did  she  run.'" 

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A  (JllAM)   AUMV    MAN' 


"Ilallir:-  She  .lin't  tlif  kind  that  nni-I 
SIm'  wa--  ,iii>t  >'.i\iri'  '/'/((/>(  (Idn't  trii  liiiii. 
Misttr  Ui^(li)«  1'  N^liin  111-  cniiii  >  In.  an' 
stdjts  (lead  ulicii  In-  xcii  l:iT.  An'  I  s,iv>. 
*Kul)li,"  I  sa\«..  'I  uantid  von  ti)  knnu  \\v  W 
tr(>\  coinp'nv"  an'  'xii-ni  ni\>ill  an 
Ijackrd  out." 

Till'  door  Ik  11   ranif. 

Ilf  added,  as  lii'  tuiMud  to  the  door.  '"I 
picked  in  a  while  later,  an*  tiny  vsa^  holdin' 
hand-  an*  swietheartin*.  I'-h'"  lit  winked. 
'•Kh.'" 


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Till",  floor  lull  r.irij;.  or  rather  it 
tiiikl<<l  thr  tillliil.  faint  tinkle  of 
a  ^l^■ii^■ll  lit  1!  nn  an  a^^itatid  ^prini^. 
Siiiitfcn  iookrii  lip  to  M  (•  it  (|uivtrinj^  >i- 
Icntlv,  a-  if  in  >j>(ttlilt>>  cxcitcini'iit  ;  and 
he  >niileil  at  it.  not  htcauM'  it>  pal-inl  tnni- 
or-<  auuiscd  liini.  i)ut  liccau-M-  lif  was  full  of 
,1  kiiulliiH>>  that  wa>  ready  to  snule  u|)on 
an\  tiling'.  He  njavf  one  friindly  <rlani'c 
ahont  the  room  (with  an  air  of  recon^iilei"- 
in^-  Mirroninlin^s  upon  which  he  had  once 
rather  Iooke<l  down),  and  then  turned  a^alii 
to  the  doorway  throiij^di  which  Hii^elow  had 
oDIle  into  the  little  Votihule.  He  heard 
Hii^t  low's  a>toni^hed  "Why.  I  did  n't  know 
von  M  come  hack.  Miss  Andrews.  I  ilioiij^lit 
von  "d  Come  HI  I     ( 'ome  in  !' 

Mi^s  Amirevvs! 

IS 


A   (JH.WI)   ARMY   MAV 


Siiiitf"(ii  li.ilf  r(i>c  frniii  lil>  ■-«  at  in  tln' 
Ml(i(lt•IllH■■^N  of  lii^  ■»iir[)ri>f.  lii>  ji.ilf  iV(  -.  \>\'^ 
with   |)1(  .oiirc.  lii^  face  I  \(ii  tlii~lit(l. 

He  had  iiiia;^iiitil  In  r  a  country  <j;\v\  in 
^in;,dia  H.  with  an  awkwai'd  iiiannrr.  >hy. 
'Ilif  \  oiMif^  woman  wlio  iiitcrid  in  fur 
(■a|)f  and  nuifF,  witli  a  httlr  >«  al  cap  on  In  r 
fair  hair  liad  all  the  ^clf-po-ocsNloM  of  h» f 
\onthful    saihuss,    and    accepted    tlie    uiie\- 

Jiected  presence  of'  a  stl-all^eT  with  tile  J)re- 
occiipation,  the  indiU'c  ft  rue,  the  hlank  eye 
of  ;^fi(  f.  she  \\a-«  more  than  ^fii'li-lfly 
prettv;  there  was  a  woman'^  character  in 
her  face,  and  thoii^rji  Inr  feattii'e-  had  a 
waxen  and  dainty  regularity,  they  had  evi- 
deiitlv  lucn  >t reiij^tln  lied  l»y  ^uU'erln^.  and 
lliev  showed  no  trace  of  tears.  She  was 
heautifiil  with  that  heaiity  of  yoiiiiif  tr.i;_j- 
idv  that  is  as  yet  unemhittered  and  still 
swei  1 1\    ^rave  with  hope. 

"I  thoUi;ht  yoii  were  in  Indianap'Iis," 
HiuCelow   said. 


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A  (;|{A\I)   AHMV   MAV 


Slic  f\|)l/iiiit(l  that  >lif  liad  coiiu'  hack, 
iiti  a  visit  to  her  cDU^iii-.,  for  the  lu)H(lav>; 
and  tlic  '■tit-iip"  on  thr  railroad  had  (\*- 
layi'il  htr.  'I'lurr  had  hci  ii  no  otic  at  the 
station  to  meet  her  train  whiii  i*  came  in, 
and  she  liad  left  her  trunk  in  the  ha^^j^a^e 
room  and  (h-ivin  as  far  as  H;^re|ou\  to  ask 
him  if  he  wouhi  ^ct   tlie  trunk  and  take  her 

"tlie    rest    of   thi'   W;iV." 

"Are  thev  lookin'  fer  yon  t'-dav.'"  Hiffe- 
Io«    asked. 

She  achnltted  that  tliey  were  not.  Slio 
had  written  to  tliem,  sh.e  said,  l)nt  she  hud 
not   set   .my   particular  date  foi-  her  arrival. 

'"Well,  then,"  Ui^elou  proposed  with 
ready  hospitality,  p.ittiiif^  her  on  the  shoul- 
der, "you  stay  here  t'  in'^lit.  Ilallie,  an' 
1  'II  dri\e  y'  over  in  the  mornin'.  Them 
tuo  horses  've  e.irned  a  liolid.iv  jin' 
Well,  this  's  .a  kind  o'  lonely  house  thest 
days.  Ilallie.  Letitia  'II  "I'ish,"  he  call.-d. 
"  'Tish." 

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A  (iUAM)  AKMV   MAS" 


P 


Slic  j)iit  in,  Muiditilv,  *"I  'II  tiiid  lur,  Mr. 
Hl^clow":  .'iiid  <lr;iuiti^  .i  (Tiiiiiplt  il  |i;i|ttr 
fi-oiii  lur  iiiiitr.  >lii'  sjiid  :  "I  l)r()iit;lit  .i  jitter 
-  from  liiiii.  A  frw  (iav^  h'^d  ...  I 
\\aiit  to  know  if  it  NomuU  a>  cnnl  to  you 
a--  It  (loi-,  to  nir."  .\n(l  luforc  lir  could 
n  |ilv.  slic  tliru'^t  it  into  lii>  lmnd>  ami  liur- 
riiil  from  tlif  room. 

"Will,*'     Hi^tlow     nnittt-nd,    Ix  wildi-n-d. 

Sniilf'cn  watclitd  lifr  di^aJ)|>l  ar  tlirou^jli 
tlif  dining  room  into  tli«-  kitcliin.  "Sav  I 
Sill'  's  a  fine  looking  j^irll"  In-  told  Hi<^tlow 
\sitli  an  air  of  drawinjf  tin-  old  ^tai^r  dri\ti'> 
attention  to  a  fart  wliirli  \\v  had  over- 
looked. 

lie  was  not  speaknij;  of  lur  Neanty  oidy. 
He  had  hei  II  more  impressed  l»y  the  style 
irul  evident  costliness  of  her  dre^s  n  f^irl- 
ish  costume  of  the  early  eijrhties,  when 
ti)^ht-fittlnjf  waists  accentuated  the  hustles 
and    flounces    of   elahorate    skirts.      He    felt 


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A   (;|{.\M)   AH.MV    MAN 


tli.it    IJi^i  low    iliil  not   .ipiirtciiitr  tlif  Imnor 

«lll<ll     nIm      Ii.'kI    dolH'     lll>    llOV     ItV     COrKll'^CtlMl- 

iiij4  to  tlii^  court ^lii|>.  Ami  ulun  hf  irot  no 
ir|>lv  to  lii^  rcniiirk  to  Hl^^i  low,  he  looked 
n|)  at  till'  liov'-.  |>ictiirf  JiL;.iiM,  |iii//liil  to 
imilir^taii<l  wliaf  tlitTf  could  lie  in  tin- 
vouii'_;-<tcr  to  attract    micIi  a  o-irl. 

ni;^i  low  liad  [Hit  on  IiIn  s|)4ctaclc>i,  uil- 
foldi  (I  IIk'  hltir  and  addressed  liirnscif  to 
tlic  readiiin'  of  it  leatiinif  liack  a<^ainst  the 
talile  ,is  he  s,it,  and  llo!din;f  the  j)a|ier  hli^ll, 
to  catcli  the  sfron<r  liii'ht  from  a  window  he- 
hind   him. 

Fh'  had  evidilltlv  lieconu'  (|llite  ohlivious 
to  SniiU'en's  presence  in  the  room;  and  like 
ail  persons  unaccustomed  to  readini;.  he 
found  it  necess.iiv  to  pronouiue  his  words 
aloud,  in  a  retlective  low  voice,  as  he  read 
them,  one  hv  one,  with  dilficultv. 

"  'Dear  Miss  Andrews.'  "  Hi-  <r,ive  eacli 
svllahle  deiiherat  el  v,  with  the  tonelessni'ss 
of   a    chdd    spclliiii^   out    a    lesson.      '•  'Your 


sass-^-^faix 


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111,-  i,.ill.o>  ,,t  th.it  Mi,t.nr.'<l..pk.,i  iHH.r  Hiv:i-1..» 
to  ti'.irs 


*fi&^^il^V 


A   (,I{.\M)   \nM\    MAN 


li  t  l(  r   re  <tiM(l.  .'iiiil    .    .    .    ;il  tliuii^li    I    rt 

IjUi  ■•    t((l        \(MI        ti)       <ll>       .     .     .     ill>   I  nil        .     .     . 

fli-  con  Imiir  (iiir  cor  n  ^  |ioii  dincc,  ...  I 
take  llii^  or(a-.ioii  to  wi>li  \oii  ,i  'il'i|i|iv 
New  N'l.ir.*  .  .  .  Hull'  .  .  .  *\'o(i  -av  \oiir 
fatli  cr  mInImn  .  .  .  \oii  ...  to  IT  iiiain 
III  Indian  apoli>.  \N  i  II  it  .  .  .  i>  a  ^ood 
pl.iii.  .  .  .  I",\crv  l;od\  >i\>  Indian  ap  oli-< 
i-  a  (inc  place  .  .  .  and  I  .  .  .  am  Mirc 
\oii  uill  »n  |ov  xi'^  it  \n<x  till-  (iraiid  (Jp-cra 
Ilou-'f  and  tlic  (ilaN>  Work^  wliicli  .  .  . 
arc  lo-cat  cd  tlurc.  .  .  .  I'lca^c  oli  li;^c  inc 
liv  for-;^it-liii^  inc.'  *' 

Till'  l)i»viNli  siinplicitv  mid  patlio>  of  that 
sentence  clinked  poor  Hi^elow  witli  tear>. 
Me  liilnkcd  lieliind  lii>  jrl,i>>e>,  lii>  lips  trcni- 
hiinj^;  and  Siiiifreii  who  had  i)e(  n  hanln;^ 
forward,  iiist iiictlvel v.  to  he.ir  drew  hack 
and  h)(>kc(i  down  at  hi>  feet  and  did  not  look 
up  a^ain. 

"  'Nothiiif.;  vou  liavc  s.iid  can  .  .  .  make 
me    ro-iKw    our   cn-^a^e-inent    .    .    .   as    voii 


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\   (iHAM)   .\n\\\    MAN 


-II;;  j^i  -t  for  .  .  .  iiiN  lil'i  is  (11  ill  (I.  .  .  . 
I  •'liall  Iiivi-  von  aluiiVN  .  .  .  Iiiit  1  >li.ill  li\i 
a  li.K  li  I  I  nr*-,  lifr  liki-  iii\  flrar  fatliir  .  .  . 
\*li<>  |s  liiall  liiiikrn  l(\  mv  cniKliict.  .  .  . 
^  nil  \mII  f'lfj^i  t  III!'  .  .  .  Iiiit  iiiv  fatlur 
n<\  (  r  \sill  .  .  .  and  I  ^liall  help  liim  niit 
nil  mv  !•(  turn  .  .  .  Ii\  t\y\\  lii;^  -tayc  uii 
til  lif  ifiK  on  Ills  .  .  .  flit  ai;'  am.  .  .  . 
'I'liiii  I  am  ^^iim;.;  to  taki  otl'  iii\  coat  .  .  . 
ami   ;ro   to   work    .    .    .    ami   makr   lilm   proml 

of  liHVit.  I  klloH  ...  I  lia\  r  llollr  «  roii;.J 
.  .  .  aiiil  am  u  il!iii;f  to  |ia\  ." 
Hf  In  III  Ills  i^iasscs  a\va\  from  the  tears 
tlial  (in  iiclicil  Ills  faiimd  cliirks.  Aftir  n 
pause  ill'  (■oiitiiiucil.  in  a  •>ti(lii|  voice,  "'I 
liope  voii  will  take  tile  (irst  cliaiice  .  .  . 
ami  mar-rv  l)e-c,iiis(  yon  are  tin  sort  .  .  . 
ot  .1  n;ii|  that  needs  some  one  to  look  .  .  . 
alter  her  and  thoii^rli  I  mv-er  thoii^iit 
much  ...  of  the  fel  lows  von  liked  heforc 
Villi  met  me  .  .  .  per  haps  yoii  will  have 
Ixt-ter   _jiidf.j-iiietit    now.    ...       I    have    de- 


.'  ^   '■?:''   -  , 


A   (.HAM)   AHM^     MA\ 


•  III  cfl  .  .  .  till-,  cnr  n-*  |uiii  (litifc  !■.  Nt-rv 
liad  fur  iiN  .  .  ,  lidtli  .  .  .  hrm^iii^  up 
lllirii  nl'li  •<  t}i  li\  /^niir  ilii\s,  .  .  .  ulnri  I 
M.is  \iiiii|i^  .iiiil  li  ippN  .  .  .  «lii(li  I  am  not 
Miiw  .  .  .  Mini  inM  r  \\\\\  i)c  (i^  airi."  **  'I'Ih- 
litter  ni^llicl.  Mi;4r!i)«  was  wipin;^  liit 
cliii  ks  uilh  Ills  lialT  kiiinkli  s.  *•  'With  In  st 
ii'^aiils  for  voiir  con  tinihd  hrallli  .  .  . 
|ir«ts  |icrit\  .  .  .  ami  main  moniai  >iic  cfss 
.  .  .  I  ri mam  .  .  .  \rrv  re  spec  fiiHv 
voiirs    .    .    .    Kolicrt    l{i;4ilow .' " 

lie      took      otr     Ills     glasses.     (lr(>|)p<-il      I,  s 

liands  in  liis  lap,  and  sat  staring  at  nothing 
until  till'  trars  drird  in  his  i  v<s. 

lie  had  no  smile  for  the  hovish  conceit, 
the  hovish  despair,  the  almost  imTedihic 
mixture  of  the  pathetic  and  the  liidicrons 
in  the  letter.  SmiU'en  hud,  hut  he  did  not 
show  it.  He  was  trvin^  to  reinrmher  where 
he  had  ^eeii  that  name,  "Uohert  Hi^elow." 
It  had  heen  the  name  of  a  school  fellow  of 
his,  an<l  he  had  seen  it  somewhere,  recetitlv, 
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A   (IHAM)   Ali.MV    MAN' 


Ml  pniil.  lie  ('i)iilil  mil  r('i!ii  iiiIkt.  Hi'  dhl 
mil  ;i'>k.  Hi  (IiiI  mil  i-,n^i  lii>  In  .ul.  And 
MiLjildw  and  he  wife  ■-itlm^-  ^.i.  ni  ^ilnicc, 
\\\\i\\  llir  ;^r||-|  let  lii-md.  "illiiiiil  Inr  «r,i|i^. 
;uid  a^kid   |{l;i,'i  Idu  ,  ac(ii-ln;j;l  \  .  "Well.'" 

Slir  i;^mirrii  Sindl'i  n  Idci  alisurlnd  in 
lirr  own  .riKitiuii  to  he  aware  of  liuii  ami  lit' 
nisc  fiiini  lii^  scat  and  "fnt  to  a  far  uindnw, 
^^lll■n    he  liirnid  lii>  liack  and  diil  not    li^ti  ri. 

"Will."  KiLji  l<i«  >aid.  j^ivIml;  Inr  tlir  Itl- 
ti|-,  "it  ain't  n("sv.  lint  it  \  drf'nitc.  lie 
«rdis  a  iinL;lil\    ^^nod  Itttci-,  that   hdv." 

Sill'  [Hit  a>idc  tills  parental  niijiuKc  to 
d(  ft  nd  the  liov.  She  >at  ddwn  at  tlir  talile 
willi  a  (•liaraitri-i--t  ic  direct  niss  :  and  as  if 
fdrtified  liv  lier  interview  with  Letitia.  >he 
."-aid  in  a  lo«  viiice  that  shodk  with  a  feiisioii 
(if  j;irli>h  resoKe  and  alianddii :  "I  Ml  ne\er 
^ive  iiini  nji.  I  'II  never  let  him  jro.  I  'd 
jri\c  up  the  whdle  ^^(>rld  first.  I  've  taken 
my  stand." 

Hi^eidw  shixik  hi-  head  sadly.  "When 
Hi 


A  (JHAM)  AKMV   MAN 


we  're  III  l(>\i'.  We  "re  lililld.  \  i)\[  'vr  i^ot 
voiitli,  liiit  it  (loii't  al",iv^  sJav  1)V  \<)ll.  W'f 
j^ct  older  an'  li.iidrr  an'  wi^'ir.  .  .  . 
Hallir,  iii\  l)(>v  '■<  niadf  a  had  mistake.  I 
uniild  n't  admit  lliat  to  iiidindv  tint  Vnii. 
An'  sonit'  da\,  wIhii  voii  're  (ddiT.  voii 
iiiif^lif  rcm't't  it.  'liic  l)ov  '^  j^ot  to  1)1  i^iri 
over  a;^'in,  at  tlir  bottom  o'  tlic  laddrr.  U'r 
know  "liat  u;is  in  lii>  luart,  liiit  tlir  uorM 
don't  know  an'  don't  -iCiint  to  know  an' 
it  '^  maiiv  '^  tlir  hard  lioiir  an'  the  hard  dav 
he  '>  <fot  to  will  hack  its  confidriict'  aLr'm." 
lie  put  away  his  >pictarlt'>.  "(io  hack  to 
vir  fatlicr,  Halhc  I,i\c  on  the  siiniiv  ^idc 
o'  \U\\     (io  hack." 

"Mr.  ni^clow,"  >lic  pleaded,  "i/oii  oiij^jlit 
to  know  how  any  one  cun  \i)\\'  Hohh.  I 
could  never  loye  any  one  eUe." 

"Well,  o'  course."  he  admitted,  "they  's 
no  deiiyin'  Hohh  has  per>'iial  magnetism, 
hut  it  iiii^ht  he  *s  well  fer  you  to  t  r \  an' 
live  fer  a  while  u-ithoiit  love." 


m 


ii-:m9r-¥r£  -  - 


A   (JHAM)    \I{.\n     MAN 


Sh.  r<;i(li<t|  oiil  to  lay  liir  liaiid  on  |ii> 
.11111.  "My  f.itlirr  fri((|  that.  ...  I  'vc 
<|iiarr(|i(|  uitli  hini.  ...  I  can  ni'Vcr  ^n 
'•■"■'^  t"  liini.  ...  I  I  want  to  })(■  li.rc, 
iMar  yon       waitiiii;   for  I{i.!)l)  wlnn   he      " 

'•'I"liink    well:      It    "11   Ntan.l   a;,^-:,,'   I,],,,   .^\\ 

in\  i;r.  !** 

"Do  yon  <nlr'isi-  nir  fo  ^i\r  lilni  npr  Do 
von.'      lii-iillii:'      In    \onr  lu/trt  .'" 

■•No,"  li..  ront'c-Mil.  "I  ,|as  n't  do  that. 
Altii"  all.  he  inii^lil  lir  tlir  one  man  an' 
,\on    niiM-lit     I,,,    iiiissin"    lif,..    .    .    .    \o. 

'''■'•    "•^    > tthinix    <"ily    //()//    can    dt cidc."' 

He  Mint  .ironnd  the  taliic  to  ht  r.  .and  hcnt 
down  to  ki-^  hir.  "Ilallic."*  he  >ai<i,  "I 
aPay^  liked  yon."  She  hnrst  into  te;ir> 
the  tears  of  a  rather  trai,nc  happiness  - 
^^itli  Ik  r  h<ad  on  the  t.il)le.  "Tsh  \  Tsh  I" 
he  .(HnCorted  hir.  "Don't  i\\."  Ami  see- 
nxis,  Smifl'en  tr\ln;;'  politely  to  eti'ace  hiiii- 
""■l'  from  notice  liesiilc  the  \vindow.  he 
added.    "Here    's    .Mister      .Mister    Sniitren. 


A   (.HAND   AiniV    MAN 


^'(>ll  have  n't  iiiif  Mister  Siiiiiriri.  Ilr  's 
on  lii>  w.iy  from  .Jcfrir-^oiix  illc.  He  "s  hrcn 
In  Id  up,  too.    .    .    .    'I'liat   'n  m  ^o()(I  ;^al.*' 

Aiiv  oiii'  lirai-iii^  Sinitrcii  t(  II  "'fuiitiv 
.>torn>"  III  the  >iMol\in^  car  or  tlir  "•sain|)l"' 
room"  would  lia\c  tlioiii^lit  lie  had  a  iiH'rcly 
f^allic  o|niiioii  of  «()iii(ii,  and  luvir  looked 
at  aiiv  I'xctpt  with  the  prfdatorv  cvf  of  /i 
lady-killer,  Miiiliiij;  liki'  Me|)lii>t()|)liele>  and 
Don  .luan.  Hut  when  Ilallii'  rose,  on  Hi^e- 
lo«\  introduction,  and  oU'ered  her  hand 
hlindly.  >till  wiping  her  cye>,  SinifFen  took 
and  held  her  cold  <in<rer>  with  as  decent  n 
feeling  of  coiiipaNsion  ns  anyone  could  wish. 
He  even  tried  t(»  comfort  her  with  iifatlierly 
s(|ue(/e  as  he  said,  "I  don't  know  what  's 
the  matter,  .Miss  .\n<!rews,  hut  it  '11  come 
out  all  ri^ht,  I  ^.^uess.  It  'II  coiiu-  out  all 
ri^l'.t."  And  she  replied  to  the  nvissuriiif^ 
jiressure  ;>f  his  handshake  with  an  apolo- 
^t  tic  smile  -  (I  faint  })ut  trusting  smile  that 
accepted  him.  throuffh  her  tears,  as  a  kindly 
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A   (IKAM)   AHMV   MAN 


st  f.in^^tr    will)    Iwid    xtti     lur    emotion    !i?i(l 
»\  iri|i,il  lii/((l. 

Ill  flit  ^oiMiH  hat  (  iiiliaii'.'iNsi  il.  Hi  MM(! 
not  lia\r  lilt  >o.  |I(|-  -.iiri|)lr  tiaitiMi^^  liail 
not  taiiL;lit  In  i  to  \m  ar  om-  faii  to  >t  raiii^cfs 
an<l  anothcf  to  I'lnnd^;  and  ^lir  liad  no 
(al^r  inodi^t  \  alioiit  licl'  |o\c  for  tlii'  l>ov 
1)1  fori    titliii'  --tran^ir^  or   fiirnd-. 

Hi^i  low  had  l)rrn  i  \  |iIairiliiLr :  "I  'vr  l)i't  ii 
t<  Ihn'  linn  'hoiit  Hohh  'hoiit  hi^  ni\rntlons, 
an*  all  iiki  tiiat.  I  wantrd  In  -.||(nd<i  know- 
in  ca^c  he  in  if  her  rd  an \  thin  1^  a^^'iii*  him." 
"N  »■■.."  >hr  --aid.  u  it  lidraw  in;^  hrr  hand 
nhictantlv.  And  SmiHrii  as>n!"rd  hir,  "I 
ha\c  n't  iirard  anvthin;^  l)ut  ^ood  thinij^ 
ahout   him  //it." 

The  accrnt  on  tlic  "vet"  did  not  r\acflv 
hird  that  lir  -.lislud  to  hear  more,  l)iit  it 
fomrvcd  the  iniprr^Mon  that  if  tliti/  wi^hcil 
to  tell  him  nioi-c,  they  \s()nid  find  him  a 
fiicndly  liNtcinr  wliosc  iidrrot  was  alrradv 
in<f.i<^i'd  on  tht  hov's  behalf. 
88 


"  Anii  111-  -..iiii  III'  dill  n't   know    «li.-tlii-r  -i  :;irl  '■■>iil'l 
ii:i(liT-.t.iiiil      .ilMiiit  -.tix-k- 


i 


" 


^v^.:;;^^g^,^.^r;^;5y^,.-^:  ^-j^sM 


W^ 


A   CIKAM)   AH.MV   MAN 


Slic  tli.'iiiktil  liiiii  witli  ;i  ^hy  rcf^.ird,  and 
i^liiiiciil  .'it  Hi^clow.  He  wji>  ividtiitly  cdu- 
>ld<rliijr  wliitliir  it  wiMild  not  lie  Ixttrr  for 
SiniircM  to  luar  tlif  whole  stofv  from  tlniii 
rather  than   from  the  ;^o>>ip  of  the  \illa;^e. 

Hi^elou  sat  down  thoii^lit fidly.  lii>  huiid> 
in  his  pockets.  'I'he  c_rir|  took  a  seat  at  the 
tal)K'.  her  arms  on  the  marlile  top,  ^aziiif^j 
out  the  window.  SmiU'en  withdrew  to  liis 
rliair  liy  the  stove. 

.\fter  an  interval  of  tlioiijrht,  Hi<^elow 
said  iMiexpectedlv,  "Wiiat  I  can't  make  out, 
Ilallit,  is  liow  the.Iud^f  kliowed  'l)out  H()l)l) 
before  anv  of  us." 

"Why,  you  see,  Mr.  Hi^elow,"  she  fal- 
tered, "Kohl)  ha<l  told  me  and  I 

"When.-     When  did  he  tell  you.'" 

She  confessed  faintly,  "'riiat  afternoon." 

"IldU'n!  .  .  .  Why  did  n't  you  come  .in' 
tell  me.'" 

"Hut  I  did  n't  understand!"  shi'  cried. 
"I  did  n't  uudirstand  \\  hat   it   meant.      And 


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'T 


A  (IH.WI)   AUMV   ^^.\\ 


/"■  'li<l  Il't-  .  .  .  \'nll  s,r,"  >|ic  (irfdidicl 
liiT^rlf,  "flic  first  word-  lie  said  uluii  vdu 
lift  US  jdDiii'  li.Tr  that  afttriionii  he  said 
ill  cHsi  III-  lift  touii  siiddiiilv.  Ill  waiit.d  nil' 
to  know  III  tlioii;;;|it  tliciT  M  lit-  iiioii'  than 
our  sii<'((s,fii|  fillow  COMIC  out  of  tliis  town. 
And  I  knew  lie  was  reterrin;;-  to  Mr.  Well- 
iiiaii.  and  I  tlioii^lit  lie  nicaiit  that  one  of 
Ills  in\c  ntioiis  had  tiirii(d  out  well.  And  lie 
said.  'No;  it   was  n't  that.'  " 

She  hesitatid,  >^laii(iii^-  up  at  tiic  lie!! 
ahovc  the  door.  "He  showid  nie  the  liiir^- 
iar  alarm  to  liiiir  the  door  hi  1!  ;uid  aliout 
his  idea  for  imttin;;-  voodcn  ca-ters  on  the 
talili'.  Hill  he  said  it  u.is  n't  ahoiit  those." 
She  turned  to  the  old  in.in.  ".Xiid  then." 
she  s.iid,  ill  a  sudden  despcr.iti'  iMish  of 
words,  "he  told  liie  tll.lt  uhtll  he  rode  over 
to  the  city  to  deposit  the  liioncv  for  the 
(i.  .\.  H..  he  met  ,1  man  that  he  used  to  know 
when  he  was  at  the  hiisinis,  colle>,n'.  ;ind 
this  iii.in  showed  him  how  he  could  make  fi\c 


t^AlM 


He  shoufd  luc  thf  l)ur^rl.ir  :il.iriii  to  riiiti   the  i\iM,r  \»\l 


f 


^^.^^^m^^i^L^ 


A   (JUAM)    AKMV    MAN 


tlli)ll>;lll(l   (loll;ir>   l>V    illMstiiijr   tin-  ollr   tlinll 

Njiiid    fur   tliric  (l.iv^.      Ami   tli.it    u;i>   wliaf 

lie    llliflllt     llV    -Jiving    tl|(  ri'    M    In-    llliilr    tll.lll 
one   ■^ll<•(^N■^ful  Ilr  U.l>  r\|nctin^  .1   littt-r 

Wltll    the    |>|•|>(it^   ;iMV   Illiniltr."' 

"All'  (lid  n't  voii  kiiDw       "  Hij^rlow   Ikmt.im. 

"I  Jill  n't  iniili'rst,'(ii(i  at  all,"  ^lic  cut  In, 
tMlNtiii^  ami  iintw  i-.t  in;^  lu  r  liamllMrciiiif 
arniiml  lu  r  finj^i  is.  "I'm n  afti  r  lif  fi^^iirtd 
it  out  (in  a  |ia;^c  ni'  \\>^  note  liook  ^o  many 
stuck-'  at  M)  nilicli  a  ^tnck  to  ^liiiu  mr. 
Ami  lif  ^alll  lie  dill  n't  kmi\s  wlutlu  r  a  j^lrl 
tniihl  mull  rstand      alioiit   ^tu(•k>." 

"Unt  did  n't  yon  know  it  wa«.  «  roii^  ft-r 
HoM)      " 

"Why,  that  's  what  I  asknl  him'  If  it 
was  n't  w  ron/^  to  use  the  (J.  A.  11.  inoncy 
for  sonuthiiiff  flsr  w  lun  he  'd  inin  <ilv(n  it 
to  dtjiosit  ill  the  hank.  Ami  he  said  tlu- 
siirtnt'ss  of  it  niadc  it  all  ri^ht,  hccausc 
he  'd  havf  tlu'  momy  hack,  and  the  jirofits, 
too,  th.it   riif^ht.      And  wl.cn   I  asked  hini  if 


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n 


Tit" iTiiiiia" 


"  '  '"''I  111  Ml   I   Hisli.'d  lit-  ^^.llllli  n't   i;"  .i»:i\  .  1>.-,  ■iii>. 
t  111-,  w  t^  iiK    liiir[ii-  " 


^^^^;    -^j^-iTr^T'-r,:*^ 


MHttv' 


A  (;i{\\I)   \\{M\   MAN" 


noil   kriiv*.  In    -nil.  'Nil.    1  III  111  111   lij^lititii 

tlll^llt     til    ill  |irllil     nil     111-     i<:i  ;/      lUilLjIIUIlt  ' 

.111(1  li.  w,i>  -ii  -nil  111"  it  tliit  I  iliil  11*1  ri.illv 
tlillik.  I  jil-t  tlni|ii;iit  liii\»  lii\il\  it  «nlilil 
I'l     u  111  II    111     h  1,1    tllr   lllMiii  \,   lircutl-r    tltlli  r 

Anil    I    tidil    liiiii    I    «i-liiil    111-    vMiiilii    n't    1411 
ii\>,i\.   Ill cin-i-    till-    \\.i-    II  \    liciiiii  .       Aiitl 
Hiiil      "       *>lic    |Mit    111  r    t.in     111    111  r    li.ind-. 
"Ill'      111     ki--(il    inc."'    -Iif    -iilih)  il,    ";iii(l    I 
w.i-  -(>  lia|>|)S.   I 

"'I'liiTi''"  Hi;;-!  lii«  criiil.  ri-iiin-  in  all  tlic 
iii.i  ji-t\  lit  .III  nil!  ni.iii'-  riiiiit  Kill.  '"It  ain't 
^iiiilt  tli.it  '-  |iiini-liiil  III  till-  wiii'ld  '  It  \ 
iniioii  lice'  It  ain't  tin  liii\  tli.it  kiiiiw-  In-  '-, 
(innr  miiiiil;'.  It  *-  tin  liuv  likr  likr  inv 
Kniil."" 

Ami  Sinitl'rii,  -t.iriiiLf  ^ilnoiiiily  at  tlir 
r.i^  carint.  w,i-  thinking-  fn  liiin-ill' :  Tlir 
>;mic  iilil  -torv  I  Tlir  liny  -tcil-.  ami  riiii> 
aw.tv.  ami  li;i\i>  lil>  fat  In  r  to  tout  tin-  hill. 
.\ml  lii-  futlur  luvir  ir.ilU  iimlir-t  and- . 
Mild   liis   s«i'ct lii'.irt    n  I'li-t  -    to    lo-i     futh    in 

«  97 


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U 


A  GUAM)  ARMY   MAN' 


liiiii  fvcM  xvliiM   lie  urlf(«.  t(i  li<r  luul  fliriiws 
lur    over;    ;iii(l    tlitii,    wlitii    tlu'    awaktiilii^ 

iOIIU'S     - 

He  looked  lip,  coiMj)assiormttlv,  at  Hi^i- 
low  trvin^  to  ciuiifort  tlir  ^nrl.  Wlnii  tlir 
awaki'iiiiig  should  {'oiiu'! 


98 


VII 

Hl\  lijul  ;i  prciiionitloii  thiit  it  was 
<^()i?l;^  to  coiiic  to  tluill  MTV 
^0(.I1         tll.lt     tll(\     Uoillil    COIltilillr 

(ll>(ii---iii^  till'  iiu'i(lriit>  of  the  tliift.  anil 
piecing-  to^ctliiT  tluir  ncollict  ions  ot"  it. 
until  tiny  woulil  sn-  it  in  its  tfiic  color--  anil 
iindirstand  the  \sliolf  liorrililc  truth.  Ami 
lie  uatclird  .•ind  listciii-d  in  tlic  ncrvou<  a|) 
jiiflicnsion  of  a  spectator  at  a  unirdcr  trial 
will)  sees  tile  evidence  of  the  prisoner's  'juilt 
f^rowlno;  liefore  tin  jury. 

Hi^elow,     when     lie     had    (|nieted     the    J^il'l, 

letiinnil  to  his  (jiiestion  of  how  the  .ludi^i- 
(llscoMTed  what  Holiert  had  done,  liefore 
any  one  else  knew  of  it .  And  she  e\|tlained  : 
''VN'heii  .Mr.  Wellinan  took  nie  ost  r  to  the 
opening   of    the    hall    that    nioht    1       I    told 

99 


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» 


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f?safifc» 


^^:.ps^^^    '"^i^-^ 


^'teJ^'i^^ 


■M^^^-  ■%:-  M^tJ^^mm 


A   (JH.WI)   .\I{.M^     MAN 


liiiii  I  ciiiild  iir\ri-  iii.irrv  liiMi.  And  I  told 
l:ii!i  uli//.  And  (it  cDiir^r  \u-  did  t  lAjni't 
IMC  lo  d.'inci  ^^ltll  liiiii  aftrr  Ui.tt,  .  .  .  aiul 
I  t  rird  ti)  find  l{(il)l).  Ill-  li.id  n't  conif  vrt. 
'Aunt  I.'titi.i"  >:ut\.  And  lie  had  n't  told 
111  r  an\  ^^nod  nc  w  ^  aliniit  lii>  |)r(;>})icts.  .  .  . 
And  tin  n  I  tdiind  liini  jn^t  outride.  n<ur  tlir 
dnor.  lookinLi'  ill  ;  and  I  cdiild  ^rr  xnnit  liliii; 
had  happinciL  IIi  had  n't  hi>  S(in>  of  Net- 
(  iaii>'  iinitonii  on.  And  "Inn  I  a-ki  d  iniii 
\\hat  ua^  the  latttf,  hr  ^aid  In-  'd  ruvrr 
Wear  it  a^aiii.  and  he  ^^a^  li.i\inLC  t^^^Il  that 
nii^ht.  and  In'  'd  i)nl\-  cuinr  to  the  hall  to  tfll 
nil'  ^nnd  ti\.  and  111  'd  In^t  the  nioiicv,  and 
it  was  all  ;4oiii'.  and  he  had  n't  inv  of  it  left. 
And  thru  hr  s|io\\,d  iip'  tin-  IctttT  from  the 
man,  and  he  kt  pt  jMittiii!^  hi-  hand  up  to 
111--  fonhtad.  as  if  he  had  a  hradai'hc  and 
he  said  111'  tilt  sick. 

"I  told  liiiii."  she  -.Mjit.  ••that  I  'd  asked 
him  uhithiT  it  was  n't  w  I'on^j;  to  iisc  that 
moiuv       and  he  said   he  'd  liiill   so  .-tlirt'  he  'd 

mo 


'5, -itikis"-'-'- .>'■.■->.'  ;'-;s''*^^^^'.'."?  ' 


A  (;h.\M)  army  man 


iiivcr  rtallv  tli(ni;^lit  ihoiit  it  In  iii;^  uiiiulT. 
Ili.i_\l)r.  And  ln'  saiil  that  (\(ii  ikk,-  lie  kept 
>;iviii^  to  liiiiiNcIf,  ' )  ("/  iKAcr  took  moni'v 
that  (lid  n't  Inldni^  to  \(iii.'  Imt  lir  Innl,  and 
lie  M  hctii  made  a  fool  ot".  and  it  «a>  n't  liis 
MioiKV.  and  Oil,  »\rivtliin^  «a.>  'up  the 

spoilt.'  " 

She  imitated  tiir  tone  ailtl  tlu"  jiopclf-s 
^i^tiiri-  of  hi^  "up  the  Nj)oiit,"  and  tluTc 
«  >i  soinrtiiin^  patiu'ticaily  fuiuiy  in  tlic 
wny  silt'  did  it. 

"He  was  ;.;oin^  to  \Vapaliot'  City  on  tlic 
iiiidiii<^lit    tr;tm       without    letting  //nn    kno\r 

and  ;x<>in^  to  |ia\c  a  letter  sa\i?iL;  Ik" 
would  pav  it  all  hack.  He  said  hi-  knew 
sOMic  one  in  Indianapolis  who  ;^ot  work 
there  at  «  i^rht  dollars  a  week,  and  in  ten 
_\(ars  he  'd  have  it  all  paid,  hut  I  was  n't 
to  wait  for  him.  hecau-e  liv  that  time  he  'd 
1)0  old  he  'd  !)(■  twcnty-eiirlit  -  too  old  to 
start  life  over  a^^ain.     And   -and  I  would  n't 


let  nun  ^o. 


im 


\ 


F 


A   (;i{.\M)    AUMV    MAN 


M 


'"I  could  n't."  >lic  cliokcd.      "I  could  ri'f." 

Hi^i  |((«   li.id  >iiiik  down  in  ln\  clii.ir,  in  a 
lii'[M  li  s^  inisrrv. 

Sill'  witit  on,  in  .1  st  rained  and  torrnrcd 
^Irn^r^Hf  to  liavc  it  ail  out.  "I  wanti^l  him 
to  let  //OK  liclp  liini.  And  wluii  lie  ^aid  1  c 
could  n't  face  von.  I  told  Iiiin  I  had  inoinv 
of  iiiv  o\Mi.  and  I  M  a>k  fat  In  r  for  it.  And 
lie  ■>aid  he  could  n't  do  tluif.  He  could  n't 
take  money  from  a  ^irl.  or  he  M  he  «or>e 
than  he  ;iv;.v.  Ami  I  told  him  he  could  pav 
iiie  hack  hut  he  uoulil  n't  do  it.  And  I 
trill!  to  per>uade  him  fo  wait  until  morn- 
ing. any\\ay.  .\nil  then  >ome  people  \ver»- 
comin;^^  and  I  iri)t  him  inside,  to  the  coat 
room,  and  I  made  him  promise  to  wait  tiierc 
until  I  came  hack,  and  then  I  ran  to  <;et 
father." 

Hi^elow  (groaned. 

"I  (lid  n't  tell  him."  >hc  cried.  "I  ditl  n't. 
I  told  iiim  I  wanted  >ome  moiiev  --ome  of 
my  own  that  motlur  had  left  me  and  ho 
■'aid    he    'd    .tjivc    m<     part    of    my    monthly 


i^m  w^w-'^m 


"  I  told  him  I  wanted  some  money ' 


r,'7. 


A   (.U.WI)   .\l{AfV    MAN 


I  ( 


i  I 


•'lln«,unr    tlir    p.  \t    ,|av      aiul    I    told    him    I 
"""*"'    '|iii'''    ■'    -ilin.    and    lir    asked    « hat     I 
".uitcd    It    f,,r.   and    I    said    I    could    n't    t.  || 
liini.  r\,-,  |,t    that    I   uaiit.'d  to  do  sonic  p.od 
\Mth  it.  and  It  uas  /,///  morp  v.  and  it  needn't, 
matter   to  hiiti    uhat    I   did   «|th   it.      And   lie 
'id    I    uanted    it    tor    s m,,.   niie    else,    and    I 
'"'''   'liiii   no  on,    had  asked   nie   |nr   it       that 
I    had    heeii    asked    not    to   ask    for    It.      And 
lie   said.  -'I'lKri   sonic  om    /i,is   spoken    to   voii 
■•''•""•    '••■      And    I    tol,l    hi'M    I    had    n't    said 
tluit.  lint  anv  one  nii^rht  li.'  niifortiniatc  and 
lnsee\er\thlii;,r      .-unl  Il.,.;r^r,  d  hini.aiid   told 
'"'"'    'I'''    ■■'''•••'•   -'11    I    ha. I   a   lot    nior..  money 
-    that     I    only    needed    a    thousand    dollars. 
An.!  h.'  said.  Ms  that  all!'     And   I  sai.l.  'No; 
a    thousand    dollars   and    t'ortv  scmii    cents.' 
.\nd    he    said.    -That    "s    an    odd    sinn.       Ono 
thousand     dollars     and      f(,rtv  seven     cents. 
When    ha\.'  I   h.ar<i  that  sum  heforc  !'     And 
then  all  at  once  he  said  1  wanted  it    for  'the 
I'ost       Commander's      son.'      .\nd  — and  — " 


A  (JHAM)  AHMY   MAN 


Sill'  hrokr  flown  and  >()ltl)((l,  "I  I  told  liim 
I  loved  Kohl),  and  a>krd  liiiti  fo  lulp  u^, 
i)  hut  it  «a>  no  ii>i." 

ni|rtio\\  >liook  his  licad.  "It  was  no 
UM'.  I'.v'rvtliiii^  j)la\fd  against  u>  tv'rv- 
thinfr!" 

"I  did  n't  think  lif  'd  know,"  >hr  critd, 
"just  from  the  amount." 

"An"  lie  would  n*t,"  Higclow  cxoniratcd 
h<r.  "l\v  would  n't,  Hallic  if  it  had  n't 
hrcn  ftp  that  clicck  o'  his.  It  might  'a' 
111  en  days  an'  I  could  'a'  got  the  moni-v 
put  haik  ill  the  hatik  -if  it  had  n't  hctii  ftT 
his  check.  I  sliouid  n't  'a'  took  it.  I 
should  n't  'a'  took  it." 

He  turned  to  SinifF(-n.  as  if  to  clear  tho 
girl  h\  confessing  his  own  mistake.  "He  'd 
I  omt^  in  here  that  afternoon."  he  said,  *"h<'- 
fore  he  'd  found  out  anything,  ^'ou  was 
lure,  was  n't  you.  llallie.'" 

"Yes,"  she  replied  faintly.     "I  hid  in  the 
dining  room  wlun  I  saw   him  coming." 
,- 10') 


^^^y 


Fi 


A   (JHAM)   AUMV    MAN 

"Sin    M   111  111   licit    Mith   Hnlili.      An'  mIuii 
till     .Fml-^r    caiiif    ill.     I  W.  II.     I    >|in..k 

Ii.iikN  with  him.  an"  niadf  HdIiIi  ^llal^t■  liaM(l> 
"itil  hilM,  '<aii>r  I  tlinii^rlit  I  had  it  (i\.(l 
frr  Hiilil)  to  >ta\  liDiiic  an'  iiiarr\  Inr.  an' 
I  «aiit((i  li,  he  flic  n*-«  with  tlir  ,Fn(l;;i'.      An' 

he  said.  '.Mr.  Ui^^nlovs,  Villi  t.  II  liir  the  I»ii>t 
l;a^  dr|insilid  tn  its  cndit  uiii-  tliiiiisan'  diil- 
lai-s.*  An"  I  savs.  'Oni'  thmi^an'  dollars  an' 
toitv  ^cMii  ctnts.  in  the  \\'a|ialuic  City 
ISaiik."  I  s.ivs.  "UolMrt  (ii  [lo^itid  it.  Uodc 
oMT  on  his  iii'vclr."  I  avs.  An'  the  .liid;,^,. 
savs.  'A  hil ancr  o"  roiir  hiiiidnd  dollars  is 
still  iirrdrd  to  coniiilctc  Ihr  final  [lavimnt 
on  the  hall-"  he  savs.  An'  KoIht*  said  that 
was  ri^ht  that  the  liank  hook  was  in  his 
looni.  An'  thr  .Iiid;rr  said  hr  'd  dicidcd  to 
,yi\i'  lis  this  halancc  on  condition  that  the 
I'ost  paid  tv'iy  iiill.  so  \  «,■  conld  sav  tho 
hall  opened  that   iiic^-ht    free  o'  deht. 

'•  AVell.  ,Iud;r,..'  I  savs,  'I  salute  von.      I 
■salute  \()ii,  .fud^e.      ^'oll  're  a  i^ood  .soldier, 
lOf) 


A  (JUAM)   AH.MV    MAN 


.ift.r  all.'  All'  lie  ^.1  (Iduii  ,it  tlir  t;il)Io 
th.rr  f.)  Ml-iti'  flir  rlKck.  Atl'  while  |ir  's 
writiii'  it,  lir  Mivs.  'WoLv.*  lie  s.tys,  "I  t;ik.' 
tliis  iii<an>  (if  aiisuniii'  fliosc  wl,,.  oppux-d 
111!'.  I  «.iiit  voii  to  aniioiiticc  tills  ^ift  |)iil)- 
licly  t'-iii^fjit.  I  want  cv'ry  oiic  to  know 
that  you.  who  caii-Md  my  dcfiat,  an"  the 
Tost  in(inli«r>.  who  arc  diivin'  nic  from  thr 
h.rich  '  An'  I  >ai(i,  "No.  .Fii<i;,'c.  I  halk 
at  that.  I  ain't  out  .■.itin'  crnu.*  I  >avs. 
An'  I  I.  t   him  take  his  ch.i-k  an'  ^r,,." 

He  passed  his  hand  across  his  forehead 
Wearily.  •'Well,  what  was  the  use.^  There 
was  the  hoy  an'  Hallie.  I  could  n't  1«  t  him 
;,'o  away  mad.  I  called  him  hack  .m'  took 
it." 

'  I  co.ixed  you  to,"  Ilallie  jiceused  hiT- 
.self.      "'S'ou  would  n't   have      " 

••^■(  s,    I    .\ould,"   he   lied.      "Ves,   I    would. 

I  'd  'a'  done  it  anyw.iy \i,'  besides," 

he  consoled   her,  "it   would   n't   "a'  madi'  no 

(lirt"reiue  litlier  way.      An'  we  were   happy 

107 


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n 


"  I  aiirt  out  <;itiir  ir 


u 


A   (iKAM)   AUMV    MAN 


ft  r    tlu'    ri>t    d'   tlic   day.  aiivwav,    »»ri-   n't 

"\  1  >,'*  slic  >ai(l.  "I  tlnMi^lit  i\  was  ^u- 
in^,'  t<.  (■..iMf  out  all  ri;rht.  I  tli()ii;,r||f  Hohl. 
Wds  K"'"K  *<>  K'*  •li''  Hvf  tliou>aii.l  .l..!Iar>." 

Hi/^'ilow  poiidt  r,.<|  >ailly,  a>  if  ov.rcomc 
iti  his  old  n'^r  l)y  a  tlcspairin^  stiisc  ,if  the 
\atiity  of  Imtiiaii  virtue.  "It  \  tlir  iriiio- 
fiiit,"  lie  said.     "It  \  thf  irinocnit       an'  the 

fooli^il.         I     ou^rlit      to     'v.'     ;,r,,t      more     S.Hm  . 

An  ol'  man  like  in.'.      I  oii^r|,t  to  \v  iiarn.d 
niorr      niorr   craft.      I    did    ,,'t    know    nutli- 

Ml   . 

SinirtVn,  wii^lu'd  down  with  his  nnivrrsal 
1,'looni,  askfd  throatily,  "What  did  hi-  do.' 
KxpoM'  thi'  hovr"" 

"K\})osf  him!"  Hi^r,.I(,w  iriid.  "Kxposc 
'S    soon    's   ,Uu\tr,.   An.irtws    left    h.r 


nm  : 


that  ni^ht  after  hr  M  found  out  'hoiit 
Rohh  -hf  fr„t  Let'  I'tttinjrilj,  the  triasunr 
o'  the  Post  iin'  him  drunk!  He  'd  com.- 
to  thi'  hull  drunk  that  iu<,'ht,  an'  I  took  his 
109 


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lir 


h' 


% 


.-t^ir^-, 


■'i'x 


m-'\ 


A   (iUAM)   AK.MV    MAN 


li.'id^r  otr  liiiii  .111'  iinl. nd  limi  In  t.ikr  oil" 
lli^  iiiilfiiriii  .til'  ;^ii  liiiiiK'  All'  tin    .liiil;^!' 

<^n\  liilll  will  II  lie  «;i>  (lllllik  .III'  -.(ili  .l^^'lll' 
llir,  an'  «liJif  tjiii  III-  (in,  d'  Null  tlillik'  (iut 
llllll     t(l     lll.lkf    .1     (  ll.li-^c     .l^^'ill*     Uolilt'        (illf 

liiiii  [n  .iiiiImi^Ii  iiiv  ixiv  n  (li.iil  (■Dinr.iili '^ 
^iiii. 

Mr  s|)r.iiii,r  (,,  Ili,  f,,.t.  "II.  r.'"  lit'  v.il.i. 
"11. n!  M.  !•.■  I  «M>,  with  C.ii)  M.stnr  .tn* 
•  liiii  Hi->liii|»  .III'  til.  I((i\>  jii,t  .•il'ti  r  «(  'il 
lniii  uilcuiiiiir  till  |{()^M>,\  ill,.  |*(i,t,  an'  w,.,s 
Jill    ^^nin'    Into   v|i|,|H.r  Ilir.-    I    w.i-    jiiNt 

.-if  till'  door  into  the  d.iiicin*.  wlitn  I  -ciii 
diid^r,.  Aiidriu^  coiiiiii*  III.  .Xii*  that  n- 
iiiiiidfd  iiK'  'limit  the  thick  ti  r  four  hiiii- 
tlrtti  I  w.ts  t'  aiiiiotiiici  .  An'  I  told  liiiii  I 
\*.i>  t^oin'  to  iii.tkf  tlif  annonnct  iiitiit  ri^lit 
afttr  Mippi  r.  .\ii'  hf  savs.  '^mtf  voii 
>|)fak  j»iil)litl\  o'  thi^  iii.ittcr,  .Mixitr  Hi<rf- 
lo«,'  he  .says,  'I  want  fo  ^av  fh.it  whin  I 
roiitriliiift  il  1  ujis  jfd  to  till  M)  iiiultr  a  faKf 

iMlpn•^^ioll.' 

110 


lm-frfW^^iZ''m^^^^'::^^:M^^^^ 


I 


\i\'  ..r.l.r.-.l  Ipiu  t..  lake  i.tl  Ins  unit..rrii  ui.'  no  lioiii,-- 


Fi 


A   (IRANI)   AHMV   MAN 


■'\\ill,  I  (oiild  n't  iiiakr  111)  Miisr  out  o' 
Uiuf.  I  Miv-,  •\'ini  "11  li;i\c  to  Njxak  [ilaitur, 
.Fiid^f./  I  Nuvs.  Am'  lie  viys.  'Ilnw  could  I 
<(>iH|)li  ti-  a  payiiicnt  \s!iiii  I  don't  li.Iiivc 
III'  (J.  A.  1{.  lia<l  any  fiind^  in  tlic  Citv 
Hank   t'  (lav  r'  " 

"Tliat  looked  like  some  one  "d  Ih'cm 
f>layin'  a  joke  on  lilni,  an'  I  iaii^liid  at  liini. 
So  did  dim.  So  did  Cory.  -Will.'  I  savs. 
't'  morrow  I  'jl  show  von.' 

•*  "I  donlit  it.'  Ii.'  v-.ys.  *I  duii))t  it.  As 
S(  nior  \  ici  /  lie  says.  "I  *lj  prove  t'-moiToM- 
inornin'  tli.it  tlicd.  .\.  |{.  moiir\  tli.tt  voiin^r 
Holic  rt  Hioi  |o«  f,)ok  over  to  the  hank  is 
missm'  I' 

*'\Vi  II.  I  could  n't  make  uotliin'  out  of  It. 
nrdess  til.'  h.mk  'd  Ix  en  rol)lied.  An'  then 
I  seen  hy  the  look  in  liis  eyes  tli.it  hr  me.mt 
sometliin^r  a^^'in'  Itohii.  I  >een  it  in  the 
w/iy  he  looked  at  me  as  much  's  tn  sa\-, 
•'I'ake  //((//,  now.  'I'h.it  's  f.r  i/oii.'  An' 
I   says.   Muil^fe    .\ndre\\N.'    I   >ays,  'you   can 


!| 


iPr 


ft 


If  til, -y    h-„i    ,,-t   •,,'   |„.1,|    ,,,,•  l,,„k,    I    "li    ^l' 
wriiiiu  111'-  iii-i'k  " 


I'J^ 


w 


A   GUAM)  AU.MV  MAN 


ittack 


/// 


1)11    al  a  vs    ha>  i 


I 


a\  ^. 


l)iit 


that    hoy  \'.Ml    kerp   y.r    liailiK    off"   ///';«' 

I)'    Voii    //,,/;•'       He    '-,    liiv    huv  I       Don't     \  ou 
accuse   that    hov  I'  " 

Hf   uas   111  inhhiin-  with    pasvioii,   sha!^iIl^J 
n  vcrioiiioiis  t"or(  (in^^^T  at  Siiilir<ii.     "I  knew 
what   !i.-  M  o,,t   a^/iii'  l{uhh.  an'   I   fold  lilni 
so.       'I    kiiou    what    you    <rot    a^^'ln'    him,'    I 
says.      'I    know.'      An'    he    hollti%.   'Thin    if 
yon  know,  y/o//  keep  ycr  hoy  awav  from  niv 
lioMsf,    an'    away    from    nic    an'    nn'nc'      He 
'(hnittcd    it.      He   'dniittcd   it    in    thcni   vrrv 
words.       I'.v'ry    one   coiihl    sec.      I    tohl    '.in 
it  \v;i^  'caiiM-  l{ohl)  loved  liis  d)!n<rlittr.     So 
Hiiythin;^  to   injure  him.      Any   mean,  con 
tein'tihl. —      An'    I    say>.   'Hoy,.'    I   says.   *I 
jjropose  we  ifive  this  man  hack   his  monev. 
(five  liim   hack  his  (Jod.'      'Vis,'  thev   says. 
'dive  it   hack   to  him.      We  «'an    rai>e   it    in 
some  more   resp.'ctahh'  way.'      An'   then   he 
out    with    it.      'As   you    will,'   he    says,   *hut 
vou   'II   find   that    ver  son   has   rohhed  -' 


R 


A  (iUAM)  A1{.MV   MAN 


r 


"Hy   (mmI,   if   th.  V   liud    n't    'a'   luld 
l))ick,  I  M  'a    wriiii^^  lii>  tuck-      Hy  — " 

"Wfslcy  I  Wi'>'!"  Lttiti.i  cried,  niiiiiiiiL,' 
in  to  till-  ^()und  of  his  un^ry  voici'.  "Wliv, 
W.s'!     What-" 

"(Jo  inside  now,  I,«titia,"  he  said,  cori- 
trolhn^r  himself.  "I  f , ,  1  I  ',„  ^r„i„'  to  use 
hin^iia^e." 

^iie  eaii^rlit  his  arm.  ''Noii-.ense,  Wes*," 
she  said.  "Stop  it.  The  hoys  are  comin'. 
The  hoys  are  coniin'  up  the  road.      Listen." 

'I'hey  listened.  'I'hey  could  hear  a  ihorus 
of  nntuned   voices   siuf^in^  a  canteen   >on^. 

Ilaliie  rose  hastily,  ami  fled  to  an  inner 
room  to  hide  her  tears.  Hi^elow  >aid,  ".Ml 
ri^rht,  "Tish.  I  was  jus'  t.liin'  'hout  the 
.lud^r,.."  And  Smiff'en  studied  his  knuckles 
and  tried  to  look  as  if  he  did  „„(  feel  that 
he  had  heen  caui,dit  peepinjr  at  the  family 
skeleton  tliroujifli  a  keyhole. 

Tlie  arrival  of  "the  l)oys"  saved  liini 
from  an  uneasy  situation. 

116 


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Mil 


ill 


TIII--^'     Mere     n>     nnciiiit     a     lot     of 
••|)ov>"  as  orir  (dill. I   firiil  '•lutwiin 
Iki'i'      and      luaviii"      as      Hiotlovv 
\*(HiI(l  sav. 

•liiii    Hishoj).    the   sccr.tary   of   the    Post. 
\vli()   was   town   coiistaMf  also,   arid  clerk   of 
thf    count V    court      Jim    liishop.    wj,,,    ]^.,^^\ 
Ih-.ii   courtinrr   L.titia   «itli   an   anticjiir   rral 
lantry   for  twenty  years      Jim   Hi^hop  came 
Ntiimpiii;^r  in   tii-st.   in   liis    faded  army   over- 
*i)at,  his  liat   in   his  liand,  hald  lieaded.  crv- 
in;r  "Happy    N.w- Year.  Wes' ■"  and -H.ippy 
N'.w-Vear,    "Titia!"'    as    spri^rhtly,    in    spite 
of    his    artificial    le<r,    as    a    hride^rromn    of 
fifty,  his  plump  face  encased  in  smiles. 

Hchind    him    there    puffed    in    a    perfect 
whale  of  a  man      Comrade  Corv   Killnrt   - 
117 


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Coiiinidi-  I'ury  Kilbert 


u 


A    (;i{.\\l)    AIJMN     M  \\ 


"Im  \\nt\  III  ,(ilv  •.t.irv.d  t.i  diatl,  in  „  Smitli- 
1  rii  prison  .liiiintc  flic  n.ir,  aiid  «|i.i  had 
licrn  ().(  iratiii^r  f,,iir  tiiiiiN  a  ilav  rvcrv  d.iv 
•^iiici'.  It  ua-  ln\  (-(..niilaiiit  that  li.-  Iiad 
not  drawn  a  full  l)i-.atli  "sciic,'  Ant  iitaiii"" : 
.111(1  he  <^:i..-  Ill,  -ilapi.v  Ncu-V.ar"  in  tlir 
lin.'f  <rn^y.  of  a  man  mIio  r.;ili/rs  that  h:> 
ivcry  linath  1>  iiiiiiiIh nd.  ]],  «a,  so  cor 
pulcnt  th.at  his  rotmd  face  looknl  like  thr 
siirfjuT  of  a  firkin  of  lard  that  had  "s.t" 
in  thf  .linijtlcN  and  crinklrs  ;md  smooth 
luifkcrs  of  a  white  fat. 

lie  was  followid  liy  ('a[)tain  IJcstor,  a 
lawyer  who  wore  a  frock  coat  on  all  occa- 
sions, and  had  one  on  now  iind<r  hi>  army 
chwtk.  He  was  ^'ray,  with  a  martial  ^rrav 
mnstache.  He  was  carrying'  a  canteen, 
from  which  they  had  al!  heeii  drlnkin^r  to 
the  \ew-Vear:  and  his  accii-tomed  di^r,,itv 
had  heeii  deep.nd!  ther.hy  to  the  f)latform 
manner  of  a  piihjic  oi.itor.  Hi  as  iiD^t 
portentously    soher,    and    he    <rave    the    sea- 

119 


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A   (iUAM)   AK.M^     MAN 


'ii 


I 

I 

I 


•^on's    <^ri(\'\n,^^   ;,s   sol. mnlv   ,in   if  it    «,.r,.  h 
I'.irt    of    tli(     ritual    of   some    n  li<,'ioiis    ci-ri- 

MIOI)  V. 

'I'll.  V  li.id  l)roii;,'lit  witli  fli.iM  an  olil  \,\uu\ 
\<t.i-,iii    iiatiiKJ    ilickiiiaii.   an    inmate   of    tlic 
soldiiTs'    lioinc    at     Kni^flit  stown  ;    and    tli.y 
introduci'd  liini   to   J{i;r,.l,,u    ;i>  "l  licknian  of 
tlir    n/ittlr   of   Cdar   ('iv(k.    tli.^    f.Ilou    ul,o 
-loir    the    cow    an*    >av((i    our    liv.>.*'       Aiid 
Ui^rclow       sliakin;,^  Iiand^  uith  on,.,  dappin^r 
.•itiotli.r  on    tlir   hack,  and    ral>in;,r  1„\   voice 
to    a    sliont    to    «is|,    the   ,]vnf   Hickman    the 
compliment,     of     th.-     day       nceived     thetn 
"ith    all    the    ea^rrr     joviality    of    ln'>    >iinplf 
><>nl,  and  mail,    theni  ";i((|naint(  d"  with  the 
Miiilitif,'    Smiff'.ri     as    on.'    mi^rl,t     pr.xtit     a 
.-tran<rer  to  tlu    l)oon  compatn'ons  of  a  chih. 
"Hoys!        Hoys  I"     h.'     cried.        -It     does     me 
^!-..o<l    to   s.c   you  I      Hickman,   you    take    me 
hack    twenty    year.'       How    ar.'    you.    Hick- 
inai.f'       I    s;,y    IK)]]-    Ufj.:     Yorr       ^,„j 
Ilii'kman.  snu'linn^  lilankly   before  him,  lea 


an- 


'  He  was  most  jwrti'iitously  .sober" 


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t 


III;,'    on     lii^     stick     witll    nllr     ||;ui(l.     tllr    otliiT 

I"  liiii'l    III'-    t.ir.    MriNviind    in    ,i    \r)icc    fluit 

>irllli(l  to  conir  across  tliosr  tuclltv  vc.iPs, 
like  a  distant  lialloo,  small  anil  faint.  '"Oli. 
•  •  •  |"-iil  Iv  .  .  .  uril.  I'rnt  ty  .  .  .  well." 
l-ctitia  liad  to  find  chairs  fur  tli.ni  all, 
and  till  II  l)rin;r  tlicm  each  a  ;,dass  i,f  "chcrrv 
hoiinci"*;  and  w  Inn  tli.y  had  drunk  her 
health,  priiiilv,  in  that  |)r.(loiis  Ixm  ra^'e, 
Ui;,'elou     called     to    her    to    hrin;,'    the    old 

"Volnnteer  fla;,r"  which  s|ie  had  heeli  ni«  iid- 
in;;.  "(Join'  to  show  von  the  oP  fla;,r."  j|e 
^hollted  at  Ilickinan.  "Want  you  t..  tecli 
'"■•■■  ...  II  \  ready  ain't  it,  "Fish  to 
^'o  down  to  the  iiall.-  Voii  can  take  it 
.■don;;,  Caj)." 

'I'hcy   were    lakin;r  Hickman    to   the   Iial! ; 
they   could   take  tlu'  fla;r  with   thein. 

They   stood,   wluii    I.etitia  appeared  with 
the    striix'd    bundle   in    Ik  r   ariii>.      "Handle 
III  I-  ^niitle,   "rish."   lli;;(low  cautioucd  her. 
"She  \s  ;rettin'  worn." 
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A   (iH.WI)   AHMV    MAN 


Shr  sprcill  it  on  the  tal.lr  top.  ;,||<|  tll.V 
sillllt.d  it  iiiiit.Iy.  Hi^'ili.w  put  III,.  1„  111 
"f  it  int..  Ui,kiuan\  liatuK.  Tlir  liliml  ,„,iri 
>"i'l.  ill  lii^  fiir-a«ay  voice,  "'riif  ol' 
IiKiiaimy  Sixtc.nfli  volimf  (cr  !  \V.  II.  «.H. 
Mk'  \  ^rn<),|  J,,  H„.  tt.iicli":  and  Ix  iidiiifr  liis 
sliakiii;,'  old  .pin,-  I),  f,.rc  if,  hv  kiN>,d  it  likr 
an  altar  clotli. 

"U()l)l»\  inotlur  made  it,"  ni^r,.|„H  ex- 
plain,d  ()V(  r  his  should,  r  to  Sniifr,ii.  "an' 
his  fath.T  farricd  it.  ('olor-SiT^',ant  Itai- 
lard      kill.d  at  Fiv,.  r,)iks." 

".Marched  ri;,dit  ahead  o'  me,"  Jim 
Hishop  added  prondlv. 

Hi<;t  low  cried  in  Mickman's  ear,  "D'  voii 
remeiiiher  the  color-ser;.reant  Phil  Hal- 
lard.-" 

"Ah!"        Hickman     wa^jj^ed     lii<     sparse 
iuard.     '•  '.Member  the  day  we  (mind  him 
at     Five    I'orks  —  near    dawn.'"       His    Mind 
eyes   s,,iiied   fixed  on    that   dead   i)ast. 

"Vos.     Yes,"  Hi^elow  said.     "A-stepj)in' 

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'Theol"  In(liann\  Sixtcunth  volunteer  I" 


A  (;n\\i)  \n\\\  mw 


iiMT  hd.li.  ^  liki'  col)!)!. -fnti. -..  I'. .1111(1  liini 
I'.^i'i'  "i'li  hi^  li.  .1,1  on  \u>  ■inii^  im'  id 
III-  p'lfk.  t  ,1  I,  II,  r  f,,„,|  |{,,1,|,\  iiM.tli,  r  - 
viviii*    -h,'    «,is    «aitin*    «itli    tliu    li.il.v    f,r 

llilll         Kniil)." 

'I'll.  \  n,),|,|,-,|.  '•^■.•s.  ^•,.s.  Tli.it  \  it.*' 
••>I><)k,'  t.i  llilll  piirlv  ^li.irii,  r, c'll,  ,1  .''* 
Mi;,'cl..«  s.ii,|.  tr\iii;^r  t,.  Miiil,.  at  lilm- 
M  if  ii(i«  f,.r  not  h,i\  iii;,r  iiii<l,r-t,.,),|  tliat  f  he 
in.iM  w.-.s  ,|,;„|.  ••l{,.,iii,.,|.,|  hill,  |„,  ||,„J  n 
l)<>y  at  lioiii,'.  n,  ;,r^r,  ,1  hill,  t,,  ^,.^  ,,|, 
\V(1I.  w.II.  An'  t.)  think  it  /ill  liapi.rii,,! 
xo  loii^r  a^r,,!  Am'  liini  i.iviii'  tli,  r.'  .|,a<l,  in 
]\l-   liloixl   >taili,  (I   lilivf'niiii  I" 

Hi    fiiriicl   t,)   Siiiitr.  11   «ilh   a  <i.'t,  riiiiiiid 

<llir|fulri.s>.        -Wivji     ynii     ',{     I„.,.„     ov.T     t.l 
flic   ll.lll    til,,  op.  Mill'   lii^'llt."   li,.  .s.iiil. 

'rii.it  -ct  tliiiii  all  r.-,alliti<,'  tin-  ^lori<-s 
•  if  that  famous  ni^rht  :  ati,|  tlu  y  cliatr.d  Jim 
Hi-lio|)  on  his  (iaiicirnr  ami  Captain  ll.stor 
"M  his  spccli.  [•«()„  this  mi'iiioralil,.  n,u\ 
iMoiiuiitoiis  occasion      \\liicli  marks  tlii-opcn- 


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A  GRAND  ARMY   MAN 


iiijf  of  this  iiiip()-,inir  <(li<icc  wliicli  now 
lifts  its  stately  cupola  into  the  ariiliaii 
sky,"  etc.  "An'  tlni-c  warn't  no  cupola, " 
Cory  Killxrt  cx})laiii((l  to  SmitfVii.  "An' 
tlicrc  wurn't  no  sucli  sky."  --.lid  Hiipcjoa.  ] 
'I'licy  even  tried  to  make  I.etllia  recite  a;^ain 
the  verses  which  >he  had  composed  in  the 
ro>t-("oMniiander'>  honor,  and  delivered  her- 
self that  evenin<r  in  the  cosfmue  of  ("olum- 
l)ia,  with  ,'1  liherty  cap  on  her  thin  locks. 

I  "Wrier. me  to    this  f.st.il  li  ill 

S)lili<TS  iiiarehiiiK  to  ri'iil  fni' 
WeJeoriK.'  towiisf'olks,  oiir  ;i[ul  all. 
And  l'(»st-Coiimiaii(lfr  Uij^elnw"  — 

and  so  forth,  throuefh  half  a  dozen  stan/as 
of  Mhich  every  last  line  ended  in  "I'ost- 
('()inmand«r  Riifelow  !"  | 

"Well,"  Captain   Hestor  said,  "there  may 
he  finer  halls,  hut^" 

"Hut     there    nhi't,"     said     Kilhert  ;     and 
Ileslor  lirou;r|,t  them  to  their  feet  a<rain   to 
drink  to  the  luck  of  the  hall. 
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"Frifiids  uiid  comrudc  s,"  lie  ^uid  or.itor- 
ically,  "it  is  now  inv  piivil.Mr,.  to  >.iv  fli.it 
it  i>  tlif  uiiiiiiiinoiis  opinion  of  tlii^  I»o>t 
tliiit  our  M.u  li.'iil  nc.d,  th,.  honor.d  pn>- 
tiKT  of  one  Mil,)  liu>  not  lic.ii  M,,|  tlnri' 
>inrf  our  op,  tiiii^r  iii;,r|,t,  f,)  tli,.  >ucc,'ss  of 
wincli  he  so  Ifir^rily  contrihutt.l,  ,)ur  ox- 
rost-Coniniandtr,  .Mr.  W,s|,v  Hi^r,.l,,u.  It 
i-<  my  privil.-r,.  to  say,  on  h.lialf  of  tli,> 
comrades  of  tliis  Po.,t 

"Hoys.  H,,ys,"  HI^r,.I„w  t.„t  i„  niod.stiy. 
"I    api)ri(iatr  II    cunH    tliank    yon. 

Hut      hnt  Well,  niil,l)e  wlun  Rohl,  couk.s 

hat-k.     I      I  vnn\  face-  the  place  vet." 

"Well,  now  tliat  I'ettin^rill  %  1„.,.„  ,,^. 
pilled,"  Hi>liop  arf,r,u.d,  -an'  the  .Ind-v  Vs 
It  ft  tout.,  ilure  \  no  oni'  there  i>ut  >shat 
took  the  hoy's  part  I" 

"It     ain't     that,"     Hi^r,.I„„-     ..^l,!.     ..y,,,, 
don't  know.     Voii  'r,.  all  ri^r|,t,  hoy,.     I  ,.,.,„ 
iKvor  thank  y'  enoii^rl,  f,.,-  ^^l„it  you  did  f.  r 
1^8 


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'Soldiers  niuriliiiig  to  and  frol" 


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A  (la.WD  ARMY  MAN 


U<>l)l>.      (i.   A.   H.  I)I(>(),1  's  thicker  'ii  water. 
...    It  uii.'t  that." 

lit-  ln7,^•lIl  to  sh.ikc  Irnmls  with  thiiii  all, 
to  express  the  ^rratitude  that  chokeil  him; 
and  they  aecepte.l  the  action  as  a  si<riial  to 
^;o.  Thev  took  Siiiitfeii  with  them,  to  show 
hmi  the  hall;  and  when  they  iiad  all  troo})ed 
out  (("aj)tain  Hestor  whisperin<f  confideii- 
lially  that  he  would  he  hack,  that  he  liad 
Nometiiin^r  to  say  for  H!^r,.|„\v's  private 
«iir),  the  old  sta^e  driver  sat  down  and 
Milled  and  shook  his  head. 


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IT  iiin't  fliut,"  lie  Miid  to  liiiiisilf,  "It 
iilii't  tliat." 
It  was  soiiiitliiii^  tliiit  liad  l.apprticd 
bftwi'tri  tlu  l)()_v  and  liiiii,  on  tlic  iii;^li(  of 
the  opening  of  tin-  tu'W  liall  sonictliliiir 
unit  liad  i;iadf  tlif  lial!  siirli  a  place  of 
sickmitiir  MRiiiorics  to  liiin  that  he  could 
iioi  face  it  ^ohuthiiij;  tliat  kept  coiiiiti"- 
liack  to  the  eve  of  memory  with  a  hypnotic 
vi\i(hie»,  in  nionientN  of  >olitii<le,  to  tortnre 
him  with  all  the  misirie>  of  .>hahie  and  re- 
morse. 

It  came  hack  U|)on  him  no«  ;  and  >unken 
in  liis  ciiair  he  >tared  at  it.  |>ale,  -Ick  at 
lieart.  hke  a  man  haunted.  He  went  through 
it  all  a^aiii.  incidtnt  liy  incident.      He  wiped 


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A  (.KAM)   AUMV    M\\ 


I'i^    fonlu.ul.      II,.  .Inftid   in   his  .l.air  aii.i 

ll.llf  ^ri-ojiiicl    (,,    |,i|,|N(  !f. 

'•.M.irv'.s   h.n  .'"   Iir   «|,i,j„iv.l.      -.M.u-v's 

I'or  it   wa,  ..„   that    riijrhf   of  tic  ojuMin^r 
o*"   tlir   I, all.   i„    til,.   ••('nir.iiiaii,],.|-v    Hooni"     - 

'^'"'    ''-    ""^'^    ••""!    iHintlMw.    it,    1,, „.,,|,, 

•"'•■""'  ■■""'  It-  "i^  l.iMi|.s  in  I)r;uk,t>.  it> 
"""""■''■■''  t-'l'l't  "n  Hi,  ..vall  an, I  its  .-a.-k  nf 
iMii>k..t>  in  111,.  ,.,,ni,  ,•  it  „,.i,  tli,  iv  that 
.J.I.I-.-  An.lnu.  ha,l  Mia.i,.  hi.  arrn.at„.n 
'i^niiist  th.  nnfortnnat,.  {{.,h,.,-t.  ju^t  at 
th.'  .h)..r  that  <.|).n,,l  int..  th.'  .ian.v  r,„„n  ; 
!uu\    Hi^r,.l,nv,   .Irau-n-i,,^,   ,|„.   ,,„  ,,    ^^|^^^    ^  ^,-^^ 

to  hohl  him,  ha.l  hn.k...i  th.-  .In.!-,.  a<r..» 
the  r....:n  towards  th..  .ritianc..,  >!i..utin^-: 
'•^■<.^  *n.  Ivin'l  H,  \  Iv!,,',  h.-vs!  H,.  \ 
l.vin"!""  his  n...k  ..utstntch.,!.  his  t.,lh 
I>aiv.l.  his  Ca,.,.  i.nr|.l..  uith  an;,r,.,-  f,,ri..us 
'•'i.'iiMh  f,.  hav,.  I.itt,n  if  th,.  ,,uii  clinM-iiiM.  t,. 
l.ini  ha.i  l,.t  him  jr,.t  near  .non^rh  to  th.. 
.1.1(1^'..   t,)  hit,.. 


A  C;U.\\I)  AHMV  MAX 


'"Don't  !).■  JlIiIH-cllcti^iM'.  <r(iitlrm.'tl,"  till' 
.TikI^c  li.ui  Naid,  tlioii^^li  lie  was  pale.  "I  'm 
a  cool  man  on  tlic  hat  t  Icficld  a>  will  a-.    -" 

'•^"<■^,"  Hi-rcIoM  \(  IIkI.  '•Vou  "r,.  >,,  ,•,„,! 
on  tl  <■  liattit  fi(  III  you  /ni-t  sliivir.  .  .  .  No! 
\ol"'  lif  told  the  nit  II  who  trinl  to  coax  liini 
.•ivvuy.  "Til.  <^()0{|  ri.iini'  of  ni\  hov  "^  hicn 
•  jMiv^tiontd.  an"  I  n.  vir  si. Ir  (lank  tiduhlc 
He  \  >^'ot  my  l)lo()(l  .•i-sin^rln',  an'  li.-  'II  liavi- 
to  cut  liis  (  ro»  I" 

Tiny  Iiiirr'd  the  wonnn  on>  of  tlir  room, 
ami  hf  toi-f  liini'M-lf  fi<c  from  tlu  nun  svlm 
tried  t(»  hold  him.  •'CIo-..'  that  door!"  In- 
ord.ri-d.  "Now!"  he  ilialliri-,'i(i  the  .Iiid^^'. 
"N'ou  .     Conic  on  I" 

'I'lic  .Iini^c  said:  "("all  yoiiii-,'  Mi^dow ." 
Ami  ^oin^  himself  to  the  door  of  an  out.'r 
room,  he  summoned  I'et(  in^^ill. 

'■("all  my  hoy  I"  I'i^elow  cried,  and  set- 
tling his  coat  on  his  shoulder^  it  had  heen 
almost  th-aj^<^cd  from  his  hack.  he  con- 
fronted,   sternly,    in    his    old    uniform,    the 


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A   CiHAM)   A|{.MV    MAN" 


>t'i-;-;,r,  lin;,'  (jlii.irfcriii.i-fi  r  ulmni  AmlrcwN 
liroii^^lit   ii|)  to  >ii|)j(()rt   lii^  c.tx'. 

*'A>     S(llii)r     \  i<(  ,'"     thr     .Ill(l;,rr     >aiil.     '"I 

li.ivc  a(l\iM(l  I'cttiiii^rill  ti>  jmtns  tlii> 
(li,ir;,r,.."  ,\,,,|  I',  ttiii^rill.  with  til.'  l.utt  of 
a  liar  room  ci^rar   in    the  -.narliii;r  cormr  of 

lii^    riioiitl iiiiiiilid    (Irfiantlv:    "l-'ci  1     tlic 

iMor'l  n  ^|>oii>'l)ilit  V  I)c  ill'  tria>iir'  one  tlioii- 
s.    ■'  dollar-  "11  fortv--t\'  cciit-." 

Jti^ilow  [)a-->ri|  til.  Ill  over  witli  a  coii- 
t(iii[)tiioii>  nl.iiict  .  .anil  tiirmd  to  the  door 
tliroiio'li  \*lii(li  hr  i\|)tit.(|  to  s,r  Koh,  it 
Jipprar. 

Kilhi  it  iiiidirtook  till  l)o_v*>  <l.fciicf.  "I 
|iro|)os(a  votfo'  coiifid.  lice  in  \Vi -'  Hi^rrlow  "> 
liov."  lie  said,  '•hifon-  lie  opens  liis  iiioiitli." 

■•\  (s.      >  1  N,"  the  otliirs  xcondi'd  liiiii. 

"'I'liaiiks,  coniradrs."*  Hi^tlow  nplicd, 
"illi  a  rin;,^  in  liis  voice,  "•liut  mine  *s  a  liov 
(an  stall"  up  an'  face  anvliodv.  Anvliodv 
••111'  tv'rvliodvl  Hr  ain't  ncfdin'  no  d.- 
tVndin'.      Look  at    liliii.      ("oiiic  lurr.  Ho!)!)." 

l;5i. 


A  (iU.Wl)   .\I{MV    MAN 

Holurt  had  i  nti  iid  «itli  ( '.ipt.iiii  Hi  stor. 
He  w.iN  a  >lialihv  ltd  in  MiiitJ"  coIuim  d 
clotlicN  wliicli  he  had  niit^rou  ri  ;  and  he  wa^ 
jiali'  and  fri^xlifcnid,  thnii^^li  h(  did  not 
krn)w    _vi  t    what    ^^a^   "anted   of  hlni. 

Mi^tluu  \Miit  til  him  and  put  ,an  ai'ni 
aixiiit    hi^  -hi)ul<lrrs  and   lid  him   t'i>r-\\  ai'd. 

**K()t>trt,'"  he  said,  wliui  thr\  were  fatin;^ 
Andrcu>,  with  tlic  nun  i,M()ii|)(d  around 
them,  "till-  .lud^f  >a\N  lliat  \  on  "  I  Ii 
.swallowed  and  t  I'nd  to  -imli'  apolo^^i  t  icall  v 
at  the  circK'.  "W.  II,  I  "m  asliamrd  to  t.  II 
it." 

Histor  otJ'rctd,  Ml  hi>  licst  j)r()t'i  ssional 
in.inin  r  :  "IV  rhap>   I 

Hi^i  low    w,i\(d   him   oH",  and   [tattid    Uoh 
crt   on    till'   slioiildiT   to    ri  assure    him.      The 
hoy    \\.is    .di'i.idx     h m^iiiLC    hi^    he.id.       '".Mv 
iioy."  he  said,  "st.in*  U[>  .an'  lace  .Ind^e  An 
(ll'eUs   an*   .answer.       \'ou    deposjtid    the    I'ost 
funds  in   the  ( 'it  \-   H.ink.'' 

Robert   took  one  seart(l  look  .it   the  stern 
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..•(•ii^.itinii  ,>{  th,    .Fii,l;^r,.\  sc.mI,  ..,,,,1  ,,,,;, 1: 
•I      D.i.l      " 

••>;K,ik     M)    .  v'lvlto.lv     ciii     licir     voii," 

|{|i,n  l(l\\     <||«I(   !•(  (I    ((llili.lrlltlv. 

•■S|M,lk      (Hit.      Itiv      |m.\,""     Cal.tiui      Hrstoi- 

III  lll(  (I. 

Hut    the  nnli.ippv   li.iv,  -lirlnkin^r  from   ,i 
<  out',  s>i,,i|    |„.|i,ic    all    tlioc    -trariLri  r>.    ti"V- 
'"-  ^■'i'il>    '"  lii'l''  lii-  Kuillv  fa.  ,•  from  til. Ill 
•■""'    "I'l^''    I     •    \'>ic,.    na.h    ln\    fath.r   .uilv, 
^;iil|).  .1  "Da. I"'      ail. I  vtii.k  .m  th.-  wonl. 
"\nuu<^  niaii:"'  th..  .Iii.i^r,.  sai.l  st.rtilv. 
"""I"      ""•"       Hi;:.l..u       iiil.i-f.  r..l.       ![.• 
'■infill      th..       I„,v     liy     I„.th     vliniil.i,.,-^     aii.i 
>lM>nk     him     aHV,-ti.)iial,  !\.     t  li  ni  111;,'     IiiliiMlf 
•■'*    "k-   -■I'M.'    time    t.)    fa.v    thr   ,lr..|..   ..f  ,;•.■> 
'•-  f«'r-.-  «hl.li   |{..l..rt   <|iiall..i.      -I  ..iioht   n't 
to     '\.'     askc.l     him     >,)     Mill. I. 11.      (Jot     him 
fright.  11. ■«!    mo^t    to   il.atli.      H,.   ,aii"t    -tan' 
l'>   .111*  h.ar  hi-  int.  ijiitv  .lu.'sti.m,-,!.     J  I,.  *.s 

.1      MllsitiVf     I).)V."' 

Ilf   \v,i>    f.ui.l   .i,.)ii^li    t.)   Iiiliivc    what    lie 


1! 


I'li-^t  (  iiriiiiiiniiiT  Iti^;.  '  iw 


m. 


\  (,i{  WD  \n\\\  M  \N 


v.iiil  .     nil  I    t  111     lit  1 1.  I-    I  in  1 1    tn    Im.k    .1^    if    tin  If 

|„  ||,  \,  ,1  I, III!        ill  •  \.  .  |.t   111.-  .Iii'l;,'!    anil  I'l  t 

tlll;,Mll. 

•■1)m!    \i>ii.   1"-   iliil    M'li    nut,"    till-   .Iinl;,'!' 
l)i^in.       Ami     rittM^^ill    tliii  at.iii  il    (liiinlv 
Mil\  :    "Mn    <lutv    t..    j.r.->     I    .  Ii.ii  i^i     a-'in' 
liini  ^Imrtai^r       an'   I   'II   dn  it 

Hii;-i  lii^s  u|il)iM  tlu  lii>\  \s  itii  an  arm 
aliniit  liiiii.  |iattin;4  liiiii  ami  ^inilmLC  a  ili  ti  r- 
iiiiiiiil  ri  a--Miraini.  "\  >n\  i|i>n't  liavf  to  an- 
-ucr  till  villi  *iT  rrailv.  l^nliiit.  Nu  'inc 
III  IT  (loulit>  \i)ii  at  all.  'I'akt  yv  ()"H 
t  iinr.  ni\    liii>    " 

Hilt  till-  l)i>\.  lii>  anil-  lian;,nii;,'  liinji.  lii> 
kini>  \i-il)lv  wiakiiiin;^  limit  i"  liinu  lii-  ''Inn 
nil    lli>    ilu-t,    cnlllil    lint     fai-r    lii>    (  Vi  -    fn. ni 

li;s  frit;  ami  thr  .Iiiilij;''  ^ilil  iiii|iati.  iitlv  : 
••('miir.  cniiic.       1    -iiiipl.v   uaiit    a   M  -  nr  im." 

'•\t)\\  ilon't  liavr  to  aii-\M  r  till  vmi  *rr 
rradv."  nii^t  low  coiiii-iltd  ii;ni.  ".In>t 
sp.ak   u))  an"  tt  II   tlir  .Iiiil;,''  •" 

Ami   at    la-t    tlir   hov    falti ml,   in   a   voii-o 

i;i9 


^l*y'^y^  -\'-  :" 


f 


A   (;i{.\M)    AiniV    MAX 


hat    ti-(iiil(l»(l   and   ciMii^^id   In  fore   tlnin   all: 
■I  cairt.  Dad.      I  dill  ii"t   jiut    il    in  the  liaiik. 


, 


111    tlir  aniazt'd   sil.  iicr    tliat    i  ii^m d,   Hii^o- 

liiu    -tnod  iiac  k    uitli   lii^  iiioutll   iipc  ll.  >pr(c!l- 

|i  •->.  'Ilii'  imnradi^  looki'd  at  mir  aiii)ll'.<r. 
Till'  .Iiid;^!-  ^iiiilfd. 

"Wtll/"  Hi^^rldu  -aid  hoar-ilv,  "if  vnii 'vc 
1)1(11  dlsdlii  \  in"  ordi  r-  lra\  in"  fnnd>  lavin' 
aroiin"  t  he  ImiiNC 

"A  liad  iiu-iiit  --.  I  "in  al'raiil.""  tlir  .Iiid;f(> 
lllti  rposrd.    Ill    ;i    tone   of   cnld    filiallt  V. 

"W'l  11.  /  'ill  n'>|)(in-il)l( .'"  HiLCflo"  flared 
u|).  "/  "/;/  rrN|)nn-ililc  I"  And  flic  .Iiid^^t' 
tiinird  liis  liack  i^inorin;;  him  and  took 
rrttiiii;ill  1)V  the  .ll.ow.  and  ^tiilkid  ofT, 
riijhtc  nii>  and  vindicated. 

"l{ov>.  ^o  in-idr.""  Him  Knv  turned  to  th<> 
other-..  '"I  'II  h.ive  Ixtter  news  fer  you 
later."' 

Thev  ()fT'ere<l,  if  tluTi'  was  "aiivtliiiig*' 
tliev  coiild  do  — 

140 


p 


A  (IHAM)  ARMY  MAN 


'•No.  No,"  111  )i>^urt(l  tliciii,  -t ru<;j;liii<» 
fo  klip  ;i  liravi'  fare  "Tluri'  's  iiotlim' 
nallv  w  roiii^,  I  i^ur>>.*' 

Hut  \slnii  tlirv  liad  all  ^onr  into  tln> 
(laiicitij^  room,  ami  >liiit  out  tlif  .-'lUiiil  of 
till'  imi>ii'  as  tlicv  I'lo-ril  till  (icor  hi  liiiid 
tlicm,  lif  ilroi)|)iil  lii>  faltiriii^  Nuillr,  and 
turrird  to  UoliI)  till'  worriid  ami  mi>i'ral)li' 
faci'  of  an  old  man  di'>'^rarrd.  Ili^  vhoid- 
drr.-  drooped  dijt  clrdl  v  :  Iw  "ipi'ii  lii^  tui- 
in  his  haiidki  rcliiif ;  and  stiin^  a  kitrlicn 
chair  nndir  the  halronv  mar  \\lnri'  Uohi-rt 
.stood,  ahandoni'd  to  his  ^.juilt,  hr  dra^^rd 
hi-  If  wearily  to  the  seat  and  cidled  the 
hov  over  to  him. 

"H()i)irt,"  h>  said  j)laint iveiy,  "if  yon  've 
been  eareltss  an*  lost  this  money  takin'  it 
over,  whv  liid  n't  you  i-ome  to  me  like  a 
man  an'  sav  so.'  "V  ain't  as  thou>rh  ymi  'd 
did  anv  liilih'rate  wron^'.  'riien  I  eonld  'a' 
found  some  way  to  help  you  out.  Now  I 
jiin't  ff()t  time  to  turn  round." 

in 


3a: 


f 


t  ' 


'■'J-    '•  '■   .f-.  •■ 


A  (lllAM)   .\UMV   MAN 


Till'  l)<>v  liuii;j;  hi--  hi'.ul,  lii>  >1ioii1(1,t>  .stiff 
with  till-  <  tl'ort  to  kir|»  (loNMi  \hv  >()h>  that 
^rathcicd  .■i;,';iin-t  \\\-  licart,  iDokiii^'  (Ionmi 
at   thr  hat   wliiih  In    k-pt   tiiriiiii;;  and  turn- 


ing; III  hi- 


hall 


"Now.      What  *s  hajtpctird: 
Hut     ovi'i-coiiic    l)v    a     ria 


li/atioii    of    lii^ 


irr» 


tiirvalilr  guilt  and  ruin,  uiiahU'  to  con- 
ffsN  the  liopcli  >>nt  >>  of  hi>  situation  to  his 
f.itliir,  Uohirt  could  only  answer  in  tlic  flat 
voice  of  d.spair:  ""It  would  n't  do  aiiv  j,'ood 
to  tell  yon  now.  Dad." 

"Hoheit  I"    Hi'.ielow    said    huskily.      "Wo 
irot    to    keep   cool  headed    all'   find    some   way 


to    recovcnn     i 


t.    .    .    .   You  lost   it    takin'  it 


over, 


That  *s  it  ;  ain't   it 


'I'he  l)oy  jrasped:  "It   's  gone." 
"(Jone  where  't  can't  he  got  liack: 


At    that    str.iined    voice    of    hopolessni' 


Higelow 


licked   his  dry   lips,  and  wipi'd  the 


hack    of    his   neck,    and    struggled    with    his 
U5i 


f 


m 


i 


-T^^T-— -   -■.  '\  Ir-ft 


f  '    I 

i    , 


\\\\  '  ■>  K"'  il  "      An^wiT  nil-  ! 


i' 


A  (lUAM)  AUMV   MAN 


;iii;^rr      and     till  II     iriid:     "Who     'n;     you 
>hii  Iditi'?      Soiiii-     ^cami)     '>     ltd     you     on. 


.,*l^i- 


Tlic  hoy  ^hool^  his  hi  ail,  too  \vi  ak  to  do 
iiiort'. 

"W'lio  *>  <^ot  it?     Answer  int- !" 

He  could  not  aM-.\\i'r;  he  was  strujii^liu^ 
a;^ain^t  a  ^oh  that  stuck  ill  his  throat, 
.xtraii^liii;^  him. 

'M//-swcr  me  I"  HiLCilow  ■^crcaiiicd  in  th(> 
hi^h  crai'ki  d  \()uc  of  niipotciit  old  rayc  and 
^■ri.  f. 

'I'lic  hoy  ;^ulp.(l,  t r(nihlin<;. 

"Answer  inc,"  he  j^asjicd,  and  boat  on 
hi>  kiicc  with  his  (i>t,  his  face  convulsed 
"ith  wrath  and  tears.  And  in  a  low  voice, 
at    tlie  end  of  h!-»  self-control:  ".\nswcr  — " 

"I  -I  can't,"  III'  sohhed,  unahle  to  con- 
fers  himself  alone   in   his   guilt.      "I    can't." 

"Vou  v/7/,"  Higelow  cried,  "fer  I  Ml 
iiiiikc  you.  \\'liot  \er  '.->  to  hlame  has  jfot  to 
take  his  punishment,     ^'ou  answer  me." 

"Oh,  I)(uir  the  hoy  wept.  "I  can't."  He 
145 


b 


''^-V      -;b..-- ';'-^- v  V  - 


m 


A   (iliWI)   .\\{M\    MAN 


(li(i|i|)i  il  h;^  hit  and  liui'^t  into  tiai->,  \si|)- 
n\<^  lii^  i\r-,  t  rant  IcalU  witli  lii^  !i  and-  ami 
\*ltli  lii>  liom  wn-l-  that  |ii-()t  nidc  il  from 
tl;r  -|i(\i>  ut  111-  lacki  t  uliicli  111-  had  oiit- 
;Xioun.  Ill-  fathii",  hi-  an;4'ir  ^diic  on  thi' 
In-tant.  m-i  to  tlirii-l  t  h^  handkcrcliicf 
into  lii-  liand-.  "nirr.""  he  -aid.  "Ilcrr, 
iiou .      \  oil  till  nil'  «  ho  it    i-." 

lie  -at  down,  dl'awiii;^  thi'  I)o\  hctvMiM 
hi-  knit-.  "It  *-  .a  -hai'pir.  I  can  -tc 
that."'      Ill'  -hook   Uoiii  rt   .iti'i  (t  ion.iti  Iv  !)y 

the    rlliow-.        "No^,     like    a     ;^ood     llo\  ,"     In- 

\\  lu'i'dlt  (1.  "\  on  "re  -hii  Idm"  -omr  our. 
Now  .  .  .  now  i(  II  inc.  lake  a  ^ood  hoy. 
.    .    .     No«.       Now.   likr  ;i    i^oixi   lio\.'* 

And  Hoiii  i-t.  hi-  f.aci-  liiddi  n  in  tin-  haml- 
ki'fcliirt  nn.aiilc  to  rrah/i'  anvthinj;  l)iit 
that  hi-  h.id  takiii  thr  moiii  v  to  -jxcid.itc 
witii  -ohhi  d  :  "Oh,  /><.'</.  Can't  voii  -ci-  it 
conld  n't   hi'  any  one  hut   nii  ." 

"\'ou  ain't  nn'.'inin'  ( )h  no  "  llt> 
-hook  hi-  ln.id.     ".\  lioy'-  whole  naturr  can't 


14(j 


ri 


■-Ti 


A  (lUAM)   AUMV    MAN 


rli.iii;,^'  likf  tli.it."  lie  liiiikr.l  ii|i  piti oii^ly 
into  tlic  f.icr  nt'  till'  nii'M  r.ililr  vinitli. 
'"Look  at   inc."* 

Ui)lurt  trltd  tn  look  ;it  liini,  l)ut  ((niM 
not:  und  uitli  li.-  im-  tixtd  on  tlu  hand 
ktrcliltf  wliicli  lir  \v.i>  pullin;;  and  tii^fnin^ 
at  lit  r\(HiNlv.  Ill'  pliadcd:  "I  did  n't  im  an 
to  take  it  for  ^food.  Dad.  I  wanted  to  iiiakc 
soiiif  iiioniv      and  I  u>cd  it ."" 

Hi^iiow  >aiik  down  >lo\vly  in  ln>  chair, 
siiriiikin^  in  ii|)oii  hiiii^ilf  a^  it"  all  lii-»  pndc, 
all  iii".  >tr<n<,^th  as  it"  hi>  \(rv  liri'atli 
Wire  leaving-  liiin.  "^'o^|  u^cd  it  I"  Ilr  juit 
his  liaiuK  np  to  his  tiniplrs.  "(lod 
A'niiirlit  V  1"  His  voice  was  x-arcelv  more 
than  a  drv  rustle  in  lii^  throat.  ".Mary  's 
ho\  I"  And  tin  II,  lisini^  unsteadily,  with 
liis  iindeiiaw  shakin;^  «»akly  as  he  stood 
to  face  the  tt  rrihie  truth,  he  (jiiavirfd : 
.M-iiiarv'>  l)ov  I  .  .  .  an"  \cr  father"^  naiiif 
up  there  on  that  t.dili  t.  \'oii  -tole  from 
the  comrades  of  my  ^  on  \tn\  "re  a 
U7 


I 


« 


li    ->tSi&^V  -    ^..V^-'i 


<■'.  ;♦ 


W 


A  (JUAM)   AKMV    MW 


"No.  IK)!""  till  l)i>\  crliil.  "  I  "ill  //(>/.'  I 
III!  ;uit   t II  |(a\    it   li.u  k  I"' 

Hilt  lil^rlou  I).  :it  (Inuil  tii-  |)r()ti^t>  uitll 
.'l     \ii>lrllt:     "^'oil     "re     ,1     tlilrfl         A     COIIimiill 

fliH f      'riuri-  aiirt   a  man   in   tlii>  hall  l)iit   's 

f^ilt    tlir   ri;^lit    to  liaVc   \()ll    lockiil   ll|).       Jlld^i' 

.\iiili'i«>  '>  j^dt  tlic  ri^lit  to  Mritiiicf  voii 
lilsi'  a  (lo^.  All*  \oii  not  alilr  to  liold  up 
\v\-  1m  ail." 

'I'lif  l)ov  liail  liuiliiliil  liinutif  up  iimlcr 
tlii^  attack.  nIiJm  liii^  liorriliiv.  I{i;;-t  low 
caii^^lit  him  hv  tin  ^hmilili  r^  ami  -<\miii^ 
liiiii  roiiml.  "Come  luicl  How  W  \i>ii  loinr 
to  (III   it  .'"' 

"I  I  (lon't  know.  I  .iu>t  dill  it." 
Hi^iliiu  droppiil  lii>  hand.  'I'lic  tiar-; 
iioodi'd  \\\^  old  eves  .and  tnckliil  douii  to 
the  (•oinrr>  of  hi->  mouth  hi^  (Ii>torttd 
mouth  with  it>  protrudin;^  iindi  rjaw  that 
>hook  with  .1  li\>tiiia  of  •riii  f  and  nIliiiu'. 
"Mv  mv  liov  I"  he  ~,iid,  hr.irt  lirokiii. 
"Mv  woiidt  rfiil  lio\  I  "S  turned  out  a  thief. 
148 


i  i 


^-      -■«  ■\%     ''';^^^/^^•-^'^^.  kt 


ll^fifR     ■*! 


*7. 


i 


r.iki-  til  it,  \ nil 


\ 


ifa 


^L 


A   i.K.WI)   .\\{M\    MAN 


.  .  .  n.i\i-  I  't  I  III  1  11  .;mih|  ti>  \  (111  ' 
II^IM  ll't  I.  l{n|i!|-  \\\\:  il.il  ||"t  Mill  ccnilc 
Jill"     U>k      nil-      fir      wli.it      \illl      w    illtiil'         \  Mil 

(lid  n't   li.ivc  to  (III  tlii-.  All   I  ^iit       in'  .ill 

I     {'oiilil     rai^c      't     iiin't  iiiuili.     Ill  *     It     '^ 

Vdiirn."       Ill-      >tritrlnii  mit      liis      linml-N. 

■I'.M  '    Ninci-       HI   VI, I-    put  in  inv  ,irMi»,   I   '\c 

(loilf    the   l)c^t     1    (iiIlM    fir    \()11.        I 

*'l);i(l!"  flic  Imi\  lipd^.c  (limn  .it  till'  xiiinil 
lit"  i  '  fatlur's  sill.-.  -Doirt  '  Ditn'f  I 
cii.  -t  nd  iiiiv  f  liin;^  liiit  tli.it."  I  If  (lr(iii|)((i 
infii  till'  cli.'iir  anil  |Mit  lii->  hcuil  mi  lii^  unii>>. 
■■(  )li.  f(ir  f  i(i(l' s  \iiki' 

Hii^fldW      lonkid     <lo\Mi     ilt      Iiiiii  "Will, 

I  'vf  Ihtii  a  l)un;^ltT!"  lie  criiil.  ".\n  ul' 
liiinj^lirl  l".s'i\  liiiily  \^.l^  ii;^lit.  I  ihmt 
Ir.init  voii  ri;f|it  from  \vr(in;f.  An'  In  if  mhi 
arr  now  «Iiiit  iiiiiNic  ;in'  (l.iiicin'  '-  .jiiii' 
•  in — u>liani((l  to  face  an  lioiiiNt  coiiii.nii 
He  drew  liiiii>tlf  up.  "Will,  I  'vr  riuncd 
you  with  kiiidniNS.  Now  "  III-  ilinilnd 
lii>  ti'ttli.      "(lit    u[»,"  h'    said   lioarM-lv. 


r.  I 

i 


^j^m>m^  ^fc.r 


IS 


' 


A   (.HAND   AUMV    MAN' 

Ucilii  li    iIkI    lint    liinv  I'. 

'■(i.  I    ll|i'"'    li'     -ll.irl>il.    tlirull;jli    lll~    t(rtli. 
"(i.l    il|i   uliili    I    till    \((tl'"       And    I  lut.liiii;x 

flu      l](l\      ll\      tin      (O.lt     CdII.II-     111-     (Iri^yi  (1     llllll 
to     lll>     tilt. 

*-'I'   t.iki    off    Ml-   cn.it.       'I'.lhr  it   nfj!" 

'I'lii  Im)\  (li'i  w  till-  iii-it  tiiiiii  lii>  -.lidulili  r» 
lltld   l(  t    it    >liili     fi-nni   hi-  ;irni>   tn   tlu    flool'. 

Hij^i  low  Iinlntiil  to  .1  -tack  lit  (  lITI.l^i- 
wllip-.  t.i;^;ri(l.  in  a  IlilTil  1)V  the  (limr. 
mIkii  tlnlr  nuiH  |->  hill  li  1 1  tlniii  wluii  t  hi  V 
li.id  put  up  tlnir  hor-i  s  ,uid  tniiir  into  tin 
liall.  "Urin;^  nir  oiif  o'  tlio-i'  «liip>!"  Hi- 
out -t  rttclnil  arm  trinihlid  with  uit  old 
niaii'^  pa->ion.     "(itt   it  1" 

'I'ln    l)i)V  ^nt   it. 

"\in\  littlt  I)'  you  know  what  I  'ni 
uoiii'  to  do.-"  Hr  Miatchfd  the  whip  and 
>hook  it.  "I  'ni  ^-^iiin'  to  flo^r  vou."  hr 
.shouttd,  "till  I  hain't  ;^ot  >friiii^th  to  flon; 
vou  no  longer.     'I'.ikc  that,  you 

Ilf  swung  till'  whip.     It  wln>tK(l  a>  it  cut 


\  I 


IM 


:^^t_n 


I'll    st   111'    l)\      Mill  " 


i! 


;l, 


VI 


A  GUAM)  ARMY   MAN 


till'  imd  ciimr  down   with   n  jjitilo-^   ia-li 

on  t  >y's  sliouldtrs. 

lie  (('  [vtri'd  under  it  hut  htltl  ^tiH":  and 
tiirnin<f  liis  um\:-  face  to  hi^  fiitlur.  In- 
looked  lit  hii'i  witlioiit  ii  word. 

Withoir  fi  word  — hill  witli  the  eves  of 
the  deiu'.  witli  tlie  eves  of  his  mother.  And 
Hi^relow  let  the  whip  fall  from  his  hand  and 
faltered:  "Marv's  hoy!  I  've  stnuk  you." 
He  threw  his  arm-,  uhoiit  him,  as  if  he  woidd 
cure  with  his  emhnu-e  the  wouihI  of  that 
rut  on  the  shoulders;  and  ^atlurin;^  tlie 
hoy  to  him.  he  sohhed :  "I  '11  >,tan'  hy  you, 
Kohl).     I  Ml  >,tan'  hv  vou." 


l.^.'i 


Til 


mm^:4.i..:mmm^..^  ^m 


rt 


X 


IT  was  tl;i-  scene  it  was  tliis  ^rief  - 
tliat  CDIlfroilti  (1  tlie  teiuier  old  -rliti- 
liltllfalist  wliellevir  lie  tli()llj;!it  of  flu' 
new  hall.  He  could  not  hear  to  see  the  place 
where  he  had  turned  on  ^uiltv  Innocdu-e 
and  struck  it  wiMi  a  whip.  It  set  nied  to  him 
that  tlie  spirit  of  the  hoy's  niothir  must 
li.ive  sitn  him  and  shuddered.  It  wa^  as  if 
his  whi])  had  fallen  on  her  very  -houlder--, 
since  til.  hov  had  alw.iy-<  heen  to  him  visihly 
fur  flesh  and  somt  thin^r  of  In  r  soul.  And 
now  that  Uohert  h.ad  o()ni  .  with  the  stiuif 
of  the  lash  on  his  hack  as  the  la-t  memento 
of  his  foster  f.ither'>  love.  HiL;e|oW  flit  as 
if  he  had  maltreatid  :i  child  on  't_s  death- 
lied:  and  he  hated  him-elf  and  loathed  the 
ini'iuorv  of  the  Commandery  Room  with  a 
15(5 


i^^^%^ 


A  GRAND  AHMV   MAX 


});iss|()nHti'  self-horror  that  wokt  liim  in  his 
htd  to  loiij;  lioiirs  of  >lirpk>.s  riiuorv  and 
jxi   ccuti'd  him  r\\:i   in  his  umaNV   (inams. 

Wliat  had  happi'iicd  >vwv  tliat  iii^ht  had 
only  sLTVi'd  to  make'  tho  hoy  siiiii  more 
the  iiiiioctnt  martyr  — more  the  pirscciitcd 
victim  of  circiim^taiu-i's-  iiiori'  j^uilclisNly 
for^ivahlf  and  ovi  r-psiii.  .hcd.  And  Hi^^c- 
low  arcusfd  hinistlf  the  more  l)ittirly  Ix- 
causo,  wlun  eviry  oiu-  ilsc  had  tMrncd 
against  the  hid,  he  too  liad  failed  Uoh»rt 
instead  of  defeti(hti<^  him,  ri^ht  or  wronj^. 

"Halhe,"  he  told  thr  <,rirl  when  she 
came  into  the  room  aft  t  the  departurf  of 
Smiffen  and  the  veterans,  and  found  liim 
alone  with  sneh  thonf^hts  as  thoe  "Ilallie, 
us  parents  has  Ji  hard  tinn  kfiowin'  what  to 
do.  We  ;rot  to  sit  in  judf^miiit  hkr  on  our 
children  an'  an'  we  're  /ifraid  to  spoil  'cm 
1)V  not  pui.ishiji'  'I'Ui  ui'  all  tin'  time, 
mehlie,  we  ou^ht  to  he  di  fciidin'  an'  helpin' 
%in.      I  t'etn  thinkin'  that  the  .ludj^e  now  — 


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p'raps  he  (i;)iir  wliat  Ih-  tlioiij^lit  was  hist. 
Ml  l)l)f  !•«•  \  iiii>>iir  yoii.  \'>u  (lUf^ht  n't 
to  lie  Ion  liiild  on  a  fatliiT,  Ilalllf." 

'•.Mr.  Hi^i  !■)«."■  >li''  rcpliiil.  «ith  all  tlic 
hardiKs-,  of  her  int  x  pi  in  iici',  "my  fitln-r 
(lid  w  roM^  to  H()l)l)  and  lif  know-^  it.  At 
fir>t  I  tliou^^lit  ln'  Mouiii  uiulo  it,  and  I 
uiitrd.  And  when  111  left  town  and  went  to 
Indianapolis,  liccaux-  pfoj)lr  Im  re  would  n't 
>pi  ak  to  him  on  the  stnct^,  I  utiit  with  hin: 
an  I  trird  to  maki-  lilm  do  sonnthln^r  to 
make  it  rinli'  and  he  would  n't.  lit- 
kin)ws  lie  ha-  done  w  ron^.  Hi'  kiiOiCs  it. 
Hut  he  '>  too  proud  to  do  anyfhin;^  to  let 
pi opic  think  M) !" 

'•M.lihc  it  was  an  imjiuKc"  Hio;<low  tried 
to  (Acusc  him,  tliinkln;^  of  hi-  own  .action. 
"Mrhlic  he  did  it  luforr  lie  thoujjjht." 

"Nol"  >lu'  criid.  "No!  Ill'  made  up  hU 
mind  to  do  it,  th.it  ni<rht  —  iiftt  r  lit-  found 
out  wh.it  UoIm  rt  had  doni'— iiftiT  we  canu> 
lioiiif   from   thf   Hall.      Ilf  s.ald    KohiTt  was 

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a  tliirf,  .iikI  I  told  liim  -  I  tiild  liiiii  liow  it 
!r*jij)<  iHil  'li.tt  H"I)crt  (lid  ii't  iiiid,  r-t,irii| 
that  !if  li.id  n't  incarit  \n  stc.d.  And  In- 
would  n't  ixliisr  mi\  Hf  >aid  Itoln  rt 
!rid  n't  told  Mi''  tin  truth.  And  uli.ti  I  t.Hcl 
liiiii  I  would  rii\<  r  L^i^''  Itoii'  it  up.  he  ^nd 
111-  would  1  r  I  '•  iii>  d.ui;;'"'"'"  "' "''".^  'i 
tlii.f  and  lif  -M  nt  im  '  >  my  room,  ami  ir"t 
Mr.  \\'c  llman,  atid  tli\  wtr.  to^iMir'-  m 
t!  lii)rarv  until  it  wa-  iuarl\  iiiornai^  1 
w  a»  watch. u;,  at  v  v'.indow  when  hf  \'"t\\ 
iwa\  I  «as  afraid  l>ut  1  did  n't  tiiink 
til.  \  "d  dare.  I  diil  n't  think  tlicy  could." 
"No,"  ili^nlow  -aid.  "N'  r  lilf '" 
'■.\nd  lit  \l  morning,  \shiii  In  callid  iin 
ilouM  to  linakf/i-t,  ami  I  w.iuld  n't  ..at  iiiv- 
thiii;,'.  Ik  watched  inc.  iiut  In  did  n't  -ay 
.invtliin^r ;  ,iiid  I  knew  hi-  mind  wa-  in.idi 
up  to  do  something-.  !iut  I  <lid  ii't  know  w  liat 
it  was.  I  thou;j;ht  ;t  wa  <  ju-t  tli.it  li.  in 
t,  tided  to  I  .c  Kohcrt  .ii-;j;r.ac.  d  hs  hiviny; 
him    hrniiirht    into    court.       .\nd    I    told    him 


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A  (;kam)  ahmv  man 


a^aiii  ttinf  I  did  n't  cjirc  x^hiit  he  diii,  I 
would  i\'\  ;^n\,.  Koldit  lip.  And  In  diil  n't 
>,iv  ;in\tliin;^.  And  tli.it  f  ri^Iit  i  ind  inr 
ni'irc  tli.in  t\ir.  And  wluri  lie  went  jiwuy  to 
lii>  otficf,  I  run  around  the  otlur  w.iv,  and 
runu'  here  ti>  till  vmi  th<  v  wirr  )^i>in;r  to  do 
si>:uitliln^,  am!  tliciT  «a"-  nn  onr  luTr 

"I  WHS  (Hit  raisin'  tlir  in'tnrv."  Uif^fluw 
said,  in  the  inaiun  r  of  a  man  rrrallin;^  tlir 
iti' V  italiilit  V  of  I'ltr.  •■'I'luv  "d  told  me 
tiiat  l'ittin<fill  was  n't  ;;i>in*  t<>  prrss  tlic 
iliartri'.  TlifV  M  l»tt;n  up  ail  ni^^lit  with 
him.  1  was  licrr  with  Rohh  wlim  tiny  came 
an'  told  iiic  it  'd  \)v  ail  right  if  I  M  rai^o  thf 
nioinv." 

".\nd  >o,"  >hi'  liurrird  on.  hrrathli'ssly, 
••x^lirn  thcii'  was  no  one  Inrr  I  ran  down  to 
till-  Court  Iloiisf,  and  I  couid  n't  find  any- 
onr  hut  thr  janitor  Mr.  Kilhrrf  -and  hf 
could  n't  till  nil'  anything  i  \crpt  tliat  thf 
\sholi-  I'.isi  had  Ixrii  up  all  night.  'I'htii 
.Mr.  Wiliiiian  camr  in,  and  I  km  w  it 
Hi! 


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t    I  1 


wniilil  n't  lie  :u\\  li«i  to  a^k  liiiii,  l)ilt  I  diil. 
And  111  trii'l  til  ;^i  (  out  (if  it  l(\  »;iviii;;  lii' 
I  r|>riMiitr(|  the  District  Altorrnv  .itid 
ciiiiM  n't  *\(iitiiii'  .III  (i|)irii(pri*.  atui  iir  trit(l 
In  put  nil  dti'  l)\  s;i\iti;4  ''  "'^  ""'  ^'Tv  'flat- 
tcnii;^'  to  liiiii  tliat  I  slmiih!  pit  ft  r  IJolili, 
ami  I  >a\\  lif  «as  liiiliii;^  it  what  tlii\  in- 
ttinltti  to  lit)  anil  I  -aw  \u-  «a>  trviii;^  not 
to  -unit  to  liiiii-tif  wliiii  Ik  jooktd  at  lii-> 
Matcli.  Ami  ulitii  I  toltl  ///'///,  ttto.  that  nt> 
iiiatttT  uhat  thtv  tlnl  I  M  iitvir  chan;,'!'  to 
Kohl).  Ill'  >aiil  'Oh.  I  think  voii  will.  I 
think  VIM!  will,'  anil  wiiit  awav  to  the 
(iraml  .Iiirv  room.  Anil  then  I  kinw  Uit  v  M 
fit)  it.  And  that  '>  whtii  !  wrotf  thf  notr  to 
Hnl)l)  that  von  ^avf  jiini ;  and  tluii  I  ran  ont 
H^airi  to  frv  to  find  von  or  sonii'  umi.. 
An<l--" 

She  -at  down,  hitin^  iicr  lips  to  kctp 
I)a(k  till'  tt;ir>.  Hi^ilow  had  \nvn  paiirif^ 
up  ami  down  htuvily.  He  stopped  to  pat 
her  on    the   shoulilir.      "Thcv    could    n't    'a' 


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A   (,|{AM)   AHMV    MAN 


ilcitii  iMitliin'  iC  it  Ii.'kI  n't  I  HI  II  f<T  I'll- 
tiii;;iil,"  lie  vaiii.  a>  if  tiiit  i\ciiM(i  Inr 
f.illicr.  "NiMf  iiiiiiil.  II.iIIm.  ^  imi  (ioiic 
V  (  |-  lust.  ^'ol|  ;^r(it  iiidliiir  til  lii^rrt.  \  nil 
iir\(  r  tiiriHil  nil  till    liny  Will,  it   '>  liarii 

til  IsiiDU  what  to  ili>  wliiii  vnii  "it  u  [iiiriiit. 
I  n'|ii>si-  till'  .Fiiil;^!'  tliiiiij^lit  lif  was  (li)iii' 
uliat  was  lust.  An'  uliin  \nii  owe  a  man  h 
^niil^^i',  liki-  lif  iiNMil  iiir 

"I  '11  iKMi"  fi)r;^i\r  liiiii,"  ^lir  said. 
"Niv.t'" 

Slic  hail  sit  Inr  ]>rrtfv  nimitli  in  u  tij^lit- 
lip|)C'(l  (litriiiiiii.it  inn.  Hi  r  rxprcssion  rr- 
niind.d  him  nf  \nv  fath.r.  "Will,  will,"  ho 
said,  "dim't   lit  •>  talk  alioiit   it." 

He  liirnrd  to  the  |^ardrii  wiiidou-  wlurc 
till"  afternoon  sim  was  hiamin^  in  strongly, 
and  the  frost  was  incltinf^  on  the  piiiu's.  He 
seratehed  at  u  tran>huHnt  film  of  ice  witli 
his  fonfinpr,  reflectively.  "He  's  like  liis 
father-  Kohl)  is."  he  said.  "Some  boys  're 
that  WHY.  .  .  .  His  father  now  —  I  reiiiem- 
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A   (iUAM)   AK.MV    MAN 


Im  r  mIhii  Marv  nut  liiiii.  I  ^ii  n  I  luiil  no 
(  lmn<-f  witli  In:'  aftt  r  tlmh  Slio  M 
'a'  ilonc  anvtliin*  ^'otii  anvwlitTi-  witli 
liiiM.  .  .  .  Wtll.  tliat  's  the  uav  it  i>.  .  .  . 
I  Miinil  old  WoikU  a^kin'  nir  if  I  tlioiif^lit  I 
uas  drivin'  a  licarM.  I  was  niiKli'v  ^I'nl 
«luti  till'  war  broke  out  an'  I  coiilil  j^>t 
aw/iv  from  lurt'."  Ilf  ^tiook  liis  In  ad  ovir 
it,  smiling  nnfiilly;  and  then,  ratcliir^ 
>i|Xlit  "f  'I  moving  fi^x'"""'  down  tin'  roail.  Iif 
said:  "Here  %  Cap  Htstor  comin'  hack 
with  Oh.  it   \   Mr.   Smiffcn.      Don't    j^o, 

llalhc.     Set  whirr  voii  an." 


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IT  wfis  appaniit  at  once  — wlion  Siiiiffiii 
I'litcml  — tliiit  111"  Ii.'hI  heard  something 
to  fill  liiiii  witli  amazement.     Hits  eyes 
f-howcd  it  ;  he  showed  it  in  the  way  he  with- 
drew  iiimself  into   the  haekf^ronnd   of  Hes- 
tor's     meeting     with     Hall;.',     and     looked 
l)linkingly  at  Higelow  and  turned  from  him 
to    study    the    girl.      There    was    not    only 
amazement  "there     was    an     indignant     in- 
eredulity  in  his  expression,  as  if  these  two 
had  heen  the  victims  of  some  impossible  m- 
justice  of  which   he  knew   the  hare   outline 
hut  was  eager  lo  hear  the  details.     And  he 
sat  down  on  the  edge  of  a  chair  impatiently, 
to  wait   until   Bestor  was  quiet,  so  that   he 
might  ask  the  (luestions  that  were  trembling 
on  his  lips. 

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Bcstor  as  cautiously  iiisiiuiiitiuf^c  to 
IJi^ri-low  and  the  ^ir!  tluit  hv  hu\  had  a  Ut- 
ter, an  iiKjuiry  from  an  iniportant  {ktsoii, 
some  (lays  Inforc,  and  that  W  cMiHdrntly 
expected- and  he  beHeved  that  lu-  liad 
"p;ood  grounds  to  confidently  e\i)ect"  — 
that  something  would  he  done  about  Rob- 
ert. He  had  not  mentioned  the  matter 
before;  lie  had  kept  it  a  secret,  because,  he 
said,  he  had  not  wished  to   raise  any   false 

liopes. 

Unfortunately    it    was    obvious    that    his 
more  rosy  view  of  the  matter  was  <lue  now 
to   the   influence   on    his   spirits   of   a   New 
Year's  celebration  and  a  convivial  canteen. 
Rigelow  glanced  at  the  girl,  to  see  that  she 
understood     the     situation;     ami     then     he 
wrung  Bcstor's  hand  with  gratitu.le,  if  not 
with  hope.     '-It  's  all  right  anyhow,  ("ap," 
he   said,    forcing    the   lawyer    into    a   chair. 
"You  done  yer  best.     Don't  you  worry.   Set 
down.     Set  down." 

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A  (JIIANI)  AUMV  MAX 


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"But  I  don't  sL'f  how  it  liupponcd," 
Siiiiffiii   hlurtid  out.      "A  judf^e  can't—" 

"Will.  Ill'  did!"     Hi^ilow  turni'd  to  him. 

"Hut  vour  law  yir-  " 

"/  was  counxl  in  the  case,"  Ht'slor  said, 
and  dri'W  liinistlf  up  in  his  chair. 

"It  was  n't  him.  It  was  IVttingill." 
IJij^rolow  defended  him.  "Wo  thought  he 
was  n't  ^oin'  to  press  the  charffe." 

"lie  was  influenced, "  Ilallie  said  faintly, 
"hy  my  father." 

Restor  waved  his  hand,  in  tlie  manner  of 
authority.  "Mr.  Lester  Pettingill  was 
'got  at.'  My  legal  instinct  told  me  he  'd 
been  got  at.  And  when  he  came  into  the 
court-room  that  morning,  I  told  him  so. 
'At  dawn,'  I  said,  'you  were  in  a  very  differ- 
ent frame  of  mind:  and,  on  the  stringth  of 
what  you  said  thcu.  I  told  Mr.  Bigelow  that 
if  lie  could  return  the  funds,  you  were 
willing  to  drop  the  charge.'  And  when  he 
told  me  tiiat  I  might  talk  to  his  lawyer,  I 
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A  GUAM)   ARMY   MAN 


siiiil    to    him:    *Mr.    IVttin-ill,'    I    sui.l,    '1 
stmnp  that  .•iss.rtio.i  as  a  lie.     Thoiv  aiv  n't 
hut  two  lawyiTs  in  our  comnuiuity.     I  ivp- 
rcscnt  till-  hoy.     The  other  ono,  though  not 
H  comrade  in  f«^^  is  a  gintlfman,  and  he 
has  assured  me  tliat  lie  wouhl  not  appear  in 
the  case.      I  stamp  your  assertion  as  a  lie, 
sir.'      And    he    replied    to    the    effect    that 
youns  Wellman  had  advised  him  as  to  his 
duty,  and  he  was  detennined  to  do  it." 

"There!"  Ilallie  cried,  at   this  confirma- 
tion of  her  own  susjiicions. 

"Hut,"  Smiffen  hegan  impatiently. 
Bostor   stopped   him    with   a   lefrid    fore- 
finger.    "Lester  Pottingill  was  wearing  his 
Sunday   clothes-a   significant    fact    to   any 
one    who    knew    Mr.    Pettingill.       He    was 
chewing  a  cigar  which  he  had  not   lighted. 
Significant!       Significant !- He     was     jire- 
pared    to    appear   hefore    the   (irand    Jury. 
And  when  we  asked  him  not  to  do  so,  'out  of 
pity   for  our  Post   Commander,"   he   replied 
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A  GRAND  ARMY  MAN 

tl.ut  lu'  (li'l  not   sif  wl.v  lie  sliould  pity  tlio 
Post     (•(.n.nwi.ukrtl.at     the-     Post     C'mu- 
nuinder  luid  s.iid  lu-  was  in  no  c-oiulition  to 
be-   trustc.l   witli   tl.f    Post    fii.uU-tluit   tlu- 
I'ost  Coininiuuler,  on  the  ni^l't  of  the  open- 
i„^r  of  our  Hall,  had  made  him  take  off  his 
uniform,   had   tliroatened   to   have   him   put 
out  of  office,  had  taken  from  him  his  com- 
u.ittec  badge,  had,  in  faet,  as  he  said,  'dis- 
graced' him.     He  had,  he  maintained,  been 
persecuted  in  the  Post  —  " 

Smitfen  interrupted  this  tedious  exphma- 
tion:  "But  the  boy  —  " 

-Nevertlieless,"  Bestor  went  on,  glarinfj 
Ht  liim,  "I  could  see  that  Mr.  Pettln^rill  was 
by  no  means  easy  in  his  mind.     I  coaxed  him 
to  sit  down.     I  had  our  comrades  shut  the 
door  of  the  court-room.     I  gave  him  a  fresh 
cigar.     And  then,       king  a  seat  beside  him, 
concealing    mv    .listaste    for    him,    I    said, 
'Lester,    my    old    friend,    we    have    all    been 
pressing  you  too  hard.     There    s  really  a 
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loval  utid  spk'iulld  Nidc  to  your  cli.'ir.ictfr, 
if  JH'(){)K'  only  kiH  w  how  to  jippc.il  to  it.'  I 
sootlu'd  iiim.  I  a|)|)(iilr(l  to  liiiii.  'Why/ 
I  said,  'thiiv  's  \Vf>'  out  now,  <;cttiii>;-  the 
hist  few  (h)ilars  to^i'thiT,  hcHiviui,'  what  you 
said  tliis  iiioriiiii>x  happy -thiukiu-;  thf 
trouble  's  all  ovir.'  Aiul  whilr  I  spokr,  I 
saw  his  fact-  softiii.  I  saw  him  stop  chcwiuf^ 
liis  ci^ar.  I  ^ai(l,  *I  know  you,  I-it.  I 
know  that  at  tlu'  last  niinuti'  you  '11  niver 
stand  ajfainst  an  old  soldier.' 

"Then  I  heard  some  one  enter  the  court- 
room. It  was  Miss  Letitia  (Jritjshy.  She 
WHS  wecj)in<:r,  and  I  said  to  him:  ''i'he  tears 
of  a  woman  — I  know  you.  Let!  The  tears 
of  a  woman  will  break  you,  gallant  comrade 
tbough  you  are.*  " 

lie  spread  his  hands  eloquently.  '"Miss 
Grigsby  did  not  understand  the  situation. 
When  slie  saw  him  there  she  flew  into  a 
passion— justified,  but  imj)olitic.  She 
abused  bim.  I  attempted  in  vain  to  silence 
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A  (lUAM)  AU.MV  MAN 


lur.  I  (lofi'iidid  liiin.  Slio  (Kfliircd  tli.it  lu- 
sliould  lifivi'  Ihiu  iihlo  to  look  nftcr  lils  own 
fuiiiis-  that  it  was  'all  ]u>  fault'-  that  he 
was  a  'iiiisurahlo  I'xcusc  for  an  old  vitiTaii.' 
She  tvon  roiniiidi'd  him  that  his  war  record 
was  not  clear  —  that  he  had  run  away  at  tlie 
battle  of  Wilson's  ("reek-- that  the  whole 
Post  knew  it,  thoujrh  they  did  try  to  cover 
it  up.  All  of  which  was  true,  but  ill-timed. 
I'nhappily,  very  ill-timed! 

"And  Pettingill  replied  that  nozi'  he  kiu'W 
liow  he  was  discussed  in  the  Post  ("om- 
niander's  family.  He  asserted  tliat  hr 
could  see  through  the  lioles  in  a  ladder — by 
which  he  meant  that  he  understood  I  had 
l)een  trying  to  get  around  him.  lie  said 
that  he  had  been  deceiving  us  at  daylircnk  — 
that  the  boy  had  taken  tlie  funds  — and  that 
the  boy  would  have  to  pay  the  penalty.  And 
while  we  were  still  arguing  with  liim,  to  the 
l)est  of  our  ability,  he  was  summoned  to 
attend  before  the  (Irand  Jury;  and,  break- 
173 


'-^-im^i^^^^ 


m  ^m^i^m-'^M^f^'K^*^^^V' 


run  away  at  tlu-  battle  ol  Wilson's  Creek" 


A 


A  (illAM)  AU.MV    MAN 


\\\^  iiwfiv  1  ri)m  our  lurMLi^ioiis,  lie  wint  to 
jinswcr  till"  r.iU." 

Ilf  foldid  lii^  anus  on  liis  l)r.',i>t,  witli  an 
iiir  of  (litiaiiHy  iiivitiiif,'  tlif  impi  rtiiinit 
.strun^rcr  to  cn^s-ixainliu'  liini.  Hut  in  ^pitu 
of  his  (l.fiancf.  his  tvi>  wiTc  uiUTitaiii  in 
tlu'ir  focus,  and  lu'  found  it  ditiicult  to  kivp 
thi'n\  ^\i^^d  «»n  Sniitrin. 

"But  tlic-  l)oy  liad  n't  intcndi'd  to  steal  tlic 
money,"  SniitFin  arf^ui-d. 

"Tliat    's    what    /    said,"    Rijri-low    fried. 
"Wliy  when  I  was  a  hoy  -I  renieniher,  once 
—  when   I   was  ahout  .so  liiffh— I  took  fifty 
eents    from    the   waj,'on   seat-    rolled   out    o' 
my    father's   pocket.      The   same    tiling   ex- 
actly!    I  went  rif^ht  out  with  it,  an'  saw  a 
sifTu  said  "("herry  Tarts.'     Went  an'  paid  it 
all  over  the  hak'ry  counter.     An*  just  as  I 
was  Koin'  out  with  the  hajr,  my  father  come 
in.      'Eat    'em!'    he    says.      'Kat    \in    oil  — 
noK-r  "     He  made  a  wry  face.     "I  can  taste 
'em  yet  whenever  I  think  of  it."     He  smiled 
175 


.^^-0. 


^^ 


,V  :-V" 


A  (iUANI)  AU.MV   MAN 


!l 


(i 


at   tli.iii,  piitlictinillv.     ••Hov.-*  will  hv  bo>\s. 
H(.l)l)  M     " 

"And  HiiWMiy,"  Sniifriii  cut  in,  "if  you 
kiitw  fill'  .lud^'r  was  prijiulirrd      "' 

".Mr.  What's  yoiir-iiauH."  Hi-stor  roimdod 
on  liiiii,  "tluri'  is  smli  a  tiling;  in  Indiana  as 
lontcnipt  of  court." 

"Well,  lure,"  Hi^clow  interfered,  to  stop 
a  quarrel.  "You  don't  understand  the  way 
things  wer-."'  He  rul)l)ed  liis  forehead, 
worried.  "Cap  Bestor  exj)lained  it  to  ine, 
when  I  come  in  with  that  money." 


176 


.,^,  ,-.-^.  ■-^>::'  -  ^  ^^.-'V-/-:j^. .;:. 


Y 


XII 

-or  SI.',"  hv  said,  '-wlion  I  M  Rot 
llif  liioiuy  I  tlioiifrlit  tlic  tr()iil)le 
was  all  over,  an'  wliiii  I  coiiR'  into 
tlie  coiirt-rooMi  an'  saw  Tish  cryin',  that  's 
what  I  told  Irt:  that  if  slic  wantod  sonic- 
tliin*  to  cry  fir,  she  M  hittrr  «o  out  an'  try 
to  raiso  money  in  n  Inirry.  The  only  tiling 
that  was  worryin'  nu'  was  about  Kohb,  hc- 
causo  lu'  had  n't  vid  notliin'.  Would  n't 
ti-c-h  the  sandwich  I  'd  bouf^ht  him.  .  .  . 
Ho  was  waitin'  down  in  the  hall,  an'  I  sent 
'Tish  down  stairs  to  try  him  with  it  aj^ain. 

"Well,  I  set  down  to  the  tabic  there  an' 
was  countin'  the  money  ajrain  to  make  sure, 
when  the  Caj)  here  set  down  beside  me  an' 
said  somethin'  about  Pcttinf,'ill  pressin'  the 
charge.  I  did  n't  get  it  at  first,  but  when 
177 


A  GRAM)   ARMY  MAN 


I  looked  up  at  him  I  sci-ii  I)V  liis  fjice  tlmt 
till"  Iroubl''  wii-i  still  on." 

Ill'  turiu'tl  .■ipolof^ntically  to  Hcstor.  "I 
■  riR'ss  I  was  kind  o*  short  with  vou,  Caj).  I 
tlioii,t;ht  vou  was  too  full  o'  tlu'  law.  1 
thought  if  I  could  sec  Let  I  rould  put  it  to 
him,  man  to  man \m'  tlu'U,"  ho  ex- 
plained to  Siiiitfiiu  ••when  I  hcn-d  Let  was 
in  the  (ira..'  Jury  room,  I  started  in  to 
order  him  out." 

"Forj^nttino;,"  Ristor  added,  "that  you 
h.id  no  authority  over  Tettiu^ril,  in  the  mat- 
ter.    Not  in  the  Court." 

"Thiit  's  ri<rht.  Cap.  That  's  ri^ht.  I 
did  n't  know  whieh  way  to  turn.  I  'd  been 
third.in^  ;d)out  jrcttiii'  the  money.  Had  n  t 
thouffht  of  anything;  else.  .  .  .  An'  I 
thouf^ht  if  I  took  the  money  into  the  Gran' 
Jury  room  an'  showed  it  —  " 

"Nonsense.     Nonsense,"   Hestor  ruled. 
"Well,    there    it    was,"    Rinjelow    si<rhed. 
"There   was   n't    no    way    o'    stoppin'    Pct- 
178 


A  (illAND  ARMY  MAN 


I  infill.      An'   tlie   '."up   said   we   \l   Imvo    to 
plead  guilty." 

"The  hoy  had  no  case,"  Bestor  said.  "He 
had  admitted  to  the  Judge,  in  the  Hall,  that 
he  was  guilty.  The  Tost  check  had  come 
back  marked  'No  funds.'  There  was  nothing 
t  )  do  l)ut  throw  ourselves  on  the  mercy  of 
the  Court." 

Bigelow  muttered:  "The  mercy  o'  John 
Andrews !" 

"Well!"  SmifFen  objected.  "Was  n't 
thiTe  any  wa\  a  lawyer  could  —" 

"That  's  what  /  said!"  Bigelow  cried.   "A 
Habeas  Corpus  er  somethin'." 
Bestor  looked  liis  disgust. 
"Well,  what  's  the  use  o'  bavin'  a  lawyer 
if  he  can't  lie  out  o'  things,"  Bigelow  com- 
plained. 

"The  boy  himself,"  Bestor  said,  "could  n't 
have  lied  out  of  it." 

Bigelow    sighed    again,    resignedly.      "I 
wanted  him  to  blame  it  on  me.     Sort  o'  say 
179 


r\   -^j*. 


i 


1; 


h 


"  A  Habeas  Corpus  " 


i^sm 


A  GRAND  ARMY  MAN 


I  went  to  tlie  city  with  Rohb  -ir  somctliin' 
like  thiit  — iiii'— an'  nuike  out  tluit  — well 
that  I  spent  tlie— the  money." 

"An  insult  to  the  iiiti'lli<;eiu-e  of  the 
Court!  Wesley,  Robert  hful  nuule  his 
bed-" 

"Well,  ('aj),  it  was  awful."  He  wiped  liis 
forehead,  at  the  mere  nu-mory  of  that  real- 
ization of  his  impotenc.  "To  think  we 
eould  n't  do  nothin'  fer  that  boy!" 

"There  was  nothing  we  eould  do  but  plead 
guilty." 

Higelow  sat  dejected.  "It  was  awful.  I 
did  n't  know  what  to  do.  When  the  .ludge 
eome  in,  I  scooped  the  money  into  my  hat 
an'  held  it  out  to  him.  Wanted  him  to  know 
I  had  it.  Asked  him  if  he  could  n't  fix  it  all 
up  somehow.  An'  lie  said  there  warn't  no 
charge  ag'in'  Robert  before  him  yet.  So 
that  was  no  use." 

"Certainly  not,"  Restor  held. 

"That   's   where  they   had  me,"   Bigelow 
181 


■  Wanted  him  to  know  I  had  it' 


■(■ 


V^'.'t 


A  GRAND  AllMV  MAX 


s.iid,  pitcously.  "'I'luv  li.ul  me  in  a  <f.imf  I 
(lid  n't  know  notliiti'  ahoiit.  An'  iv'rv  tlnif 
I  tried  to  do  anytliiir  tliiv  said  it  was  a^f'iii' 
tile  rules,  an'  stopped  nie.  ...  I  eoniii  n't 
make  out  what  was  ^oin'  on,  half  the  time  — 
lot  o'  men  comiii'  in,  an'  youn^  Wellman 
savin'  soinethin'  ahout  some  papers  he  ^ave 
the  .lud^e,  an'  the  .lud^ri'  savin'  sometliin' 
an'  tellin'  'em  they  could  K'*  ~  " 

"That  was  tlu'  Grand  .Jury."  llestor  ex- 
plained, "niakinrr  their  returns.  They  had 
found  a  true  hill  in  the  ease  of  the  Teople 
xrrsus  Iii<relo\v.  There  was  nothing  else 
for  them  to  consider,  so  the  Jud^'e  dismissed 
tlicni." 

"Yes.  Yes.  I  heenl  the  Judge  say  some- 
thin'  like  that.  I  did  n't  know  what  it 
was." 

"And,"  Bcstor  took  up  the  story,  pomp- 
ously, "the  Judge,  you  will  j)erhaps  remem- 
her,    announced    that    he    would    take    the 
defendant's  plea  and  ])roceed  with  the  trial 
183 


U 


n^:m^. 


I, 


A  GRAND  AUMY  MAN 


at  oiu-o.  I  iiiimcdifitc'lv  ohji'ctod.  I  lu'ld 
tlmt  it  WHS  not  ci'.stoiimry  to  try  n  ciisi  in 
\hv  sjinu'  term  ;is  the  pnsi'iitim'iit ;  and  the 
.ludgt'  roplii'd  tliiit  Ir'  wisliod  to  cKar  his 
docket  before  his  retirement,  and  this  was 
his  hist  (hiy  on  tlie  heiieh. 

"What  eouhl  we  «h)?     I  ar^iu'd  that  we 
were  entitled  to  some  time  in  which  to  pre- 
pare our  defence.     The  proseciitin<j  attor- 
ney, Mr.  WeUman,  iinmediately  jminted  out 
tliat,  judgiiif^  hy  the  statements  made  hy  the 
defen(hint,  we  woidd  renuiro  very  httle  time 
to  formuhite  our  defence.     Which  was  true! 
We   had   no   defence.      The   Judge   gave   us 
until    the    afternoon    session.       There    was 
nothinj^   to  he   jrained   hy    protracting   tlie 
suspense  of  the  defendant's   family.      I   did 
not    suppose    that    Judge    Andrews    would 
allow  his  personal  feelings  to  enter  into  liis 
judgment.     I  elected  to  go  to  trial  at  once. 
"The  Judge  order<'d  t'.e  defendant  to  he 
proiluced,  so  that  tln'  trial  might  proceed. 
184 


■M 


'Incompetent,  irrolfvuiit,  iiiimiitfrial' 


A  (illAM)  AHMV   MAS 


.liiii  Hi>li()i)  wiiit  for  till'  lu)y,  uiul  Mr.  HiK^- 

low  tried  to  ixpl.iiii— " 

"I    tried    to    expliiiii    tlie    wh(>li'    tlliIl^^" 

Bi^closv   said.      '"I    wiuited    to   do    it    Inforo 

RobI)   NVds   brou^lit    nj).      I    did   ii't    see    no 

necessity  fer  n  triid  nt  all." 

"And    Mr.    Welliuaii,"    Restor    went    on, 

"promptly  and  very  properly  ohjeeted  that 

nil  this  was  Mneonipetent,  irrelevant,  imma- 
terial and  not  jrermane  to  the  issue.'     I  rose. 
I  said:  "Your  honor,  I  must  apoloj^i/.e,  and 
-  as  counsel  for  the  defendant -I  am  sure 
that  he   will   enter  a   pha  of  guilty   to   the 
charcre  in  the  indictment.      But    I  desire  to 
say   that   this   Post   is   anxious   to  have   the 
matter  settled  amicably,  and  as  we  are  i)re- 
pared    to    make    restitution,     the    ends    of 
justice    will    be    subserved    by    suspending 
sentence.'     To  which  Mr.  Wellman  replied, 
"riure  should  be  no  suspension  of  sentence' 
—  and  the  boy  was  brouf?ht  in." 

At     the      recollection     of      it,      Bigelow 
ISC 


't- 


^■^^.'Ti  -5;     ■^^^J=^ 


^1 
ij 

♦  i 

i\ 
I 


'  Your  honor,  I  must  apologize  ' 


A  GUAM)  AKMV   MAN 

^rnmnvd:  "M/f  hoy  r  Tlur..  wiiv  tnir^  in 
liis  ivi^.  "llr  Iwid  n't  tti-lud  liis  sundwich," 
Ir.  .siiid  to  SmitfVn.  "Ho  hiul  it  in  his  Imnd, 
witli  till'  paper  on  it." 

SniiffVn  felt   his  own  ryes  fillin.%'  u\>.      He 
h)oked  liwny  iind  shook  liis  lieiul. 

Hestor      hml      ^one      on,      ponderously. 
"There   wiis    iiothinff    that    we   eould   ohjeet 
to  in  the  indictment.     It  had  l)eeii  correctly 
drawn.     It  deposed  and  set  forth  tlie  known 
facts  in   the  case  without   an  error.      I   was 
compelled   to   plead   K"dt.v-      'Vour  lionor,' 
I  said,  "it  is  useless  for  me  to  dwell  upon  the 
c-ircumstauces  leadin^r  up  to  this  unfortunate 
affair.     They   are  already   familiar  to  you. 
This  lad  went  to  the  city,  and  fell  into  the 
haiuls    of   a    shrewd    scoiuidrel    who    })hiyed 
upon    his    .recUility.      The    lad    has   already 
learned  a  hitter  lesson,  and  I  am  sure  that 
your  Honor  will  suspend  sentence  and  repri- 
mand him.      I   mi^lit  ur^n-  further  that  his 
father's  record  be  taken  into  consideration 
188 


i! 


I'll 


^^^^^mco^^rm'^h^- 


"^^^^^H^^m-r^'^mm^^--  %:i^ 


A  (iHAM)   AllMV    MAN 


lis  u  privutf  citi/cii  utiil  In  tlic  m  rvicf  <>t  !ii-> 
couiitrv.'  To  wliicli  Mr.  Williiian  r<  plied 
tliiit  tluTc  were  no  (  xtiiiii.it  iii^  ciicimi- 
^t^llll•l•s-  that  the  lin  Jicli  of  coilfidclicf  of 
wliicli  tlif  (Iffniiluiit  wa>  f^uiltv  was  only 
made  more  serious  liy  his  father's  implicit 
trust  in  him  that  to  dixiiar^e  him  with  a 
rtprimand  woidd  oidy  encourage  him  \i\  hi-^ 
vicious  hahits;  that  in  vindication  of  the 
Tost  Treasurer,  who  had  had  'the  muidy 
couraire  to  press  tlie  chaij^e.'  and  as  an 
example  to  the  youth  of  the  community, 
the  defendant  should  he  jjuni^hed  to  th.e  full 
extent  of  the  law. 

"I  could  not  take  any  lej^al  exception  to 
these  remarks.  His  delivery  was  had  his 
voice  hin-h  -  his  manner  jerky  and  he 
.showed  uiunistakahli'  siiriis  of  |)ersoruil  ani- 
mus aifuinst  the  defendant.     But    -" 

""Ho  was  lyin'!"  Iii<relow   cried.     "He  was 
Ivin'.     Robert  never  had  no  vicious  habits." 
He  had   risen   to   his   feet,  his   liandkerchjcf 
1H9 


I 


:im.>m 


!| 


"His  heart  's  nil  right" 


(      ( 


I   ; 


B*4- 


.-M,rK:-'-^i».  ■■\\ - M^-^^tmim 


A  (JH.Wn  AllMV   MAN 


tliilcli.d  ill  lii>  liiiiul,  lii>  fiicc  twitcliln^' 
wi»li  an  tiiiofioii  lif  cimld  no  lonj^ir  control. 
"'I'liiii'  lir  \vji>.  Ivin'  iiwiiy  niv  \w\\  rlwirV-- 
ttT  -Mif.rin'  fiicf  Iik<-  u  — ii—  *I  'ni  ln> 
falluT,'  I  Miv>.  'I  /^ot  II  fiw  nin.irks  to  sav, 
.IikIK'-/  I  >*'i.v-.  'I  want  to  hrinf,'  out  .sonn' 
fac's  that  noliodv  knows  hut  nii/ "  llo 
wav(<l  hi>  arm.  >|Mi(hKs>.  "Thrv  had  to 
lit  nic.  Kxtinuatin'  ciministanccs.  No- 
ho<l_v  kiiowid  hut  nu-  ...  I  savs,  *Vou  hc- 
li.vc  inc,  .Iii(if,'r,'  I  sa\>,  *hc  %  a  ««»'<'  •"'>'• 
His  heart  's  all  ri^lit-  Ain't  nothin'  wron^ 
nhout  iiini  at  all,'  I  says.  'If  you  M  only  U-t 
him  explain  it  to  you  in  his  own  l)oy's  way  — 
like  he  diii  to  mi — it  'd  inakr  all  the  dif- 
f  reiK-e  in  the  world  —  '  " 

He  gulped  frantically,  as  if  he  felt  him- 
self figlitin^  for  the  hoy  again  and  had  to 
.struggle  to  keej)  his  old  voice  dear.  "He- 
he  tried  to  head  me  off.  'Con-confine  yer- 
self  to  the  fac's,'  he  says.  John  Andrews! 
Mouth  like  a  — 'I  'm  gettin'  right  at  'em,'  I 
191 


A  GRAND  AIIMV   MAN 


s;us.  Mus'  trvin'  to  jvint  out  liow  easv  it 
WHS  fir  iiiiyhody  to  (itctivc  u  boy  who  bi- 
licvis  in  iv'rybody  yet.  A  boy  that  fiin't 
h.ul  no  brin^nn'  up.  J/f  — iin  oP  soldur-  / 
l)rou^lit  him  up  !'  "' 

He     uioi)pi'(l     his     f.ice    disporiitily.      "I 
couhi  n't  ttiiiik  o'  nothin"  to  say.     I-  I  Jiin't 
list    to    thiiikin'.      l-hf    wanted    to    know 
soniithin'  nbout  'the  support,  it  the  support 
o"    tlu>    homo'  — whether    Ilohb    "d    ever    con- 
roiitrihuted  to  tlie  snj)port,  er  the  support 
o'   the   liome.      I    hnd   liim   tli.'re !      The   boy 
had  earned  some  moi\ey  o?u-  .ui'  come  an' 
,)ut  it   ri<,dit  into  my  hand.     II;id  tlie  whole 
Post   tliere  to  })rov(    it,  (hd  n't   I,  Cfip?      It 
was    liis    first    money!      -lim    Hisliop,    ("ory 
Kill)ert  — they   'd   all   heerd  about    that    five 
dollars.     Had  him  there! 

"  'Vou  see,  Judffe,'  I  says,  'all  this  that  's 
happened  to-day  — it  's  my  fault  'cause  he  's 
an  orphan -an'  after  his  father  died-at 
Five    Forks  -he    was    only    so    big— just    a 


"  An'  Robb  begun  to  cry  " 


m^:"%m^.l^ 


A  (iUAM)  ARMY   MAN 


)! 


littlr  l)!iln— Jin'  liis  c'liar'ctcr  warii't  formed 
-  ail'  I  ain't  doiio  well  hv  liim.  Tliire  was 
so  little  of  IiiiM  we  were  sort  o'  seared  of 
liini  an'  Immored  liini  too  I'Hieli  —  an'  so  1 
kej)'  pnttin'  off  trainin'  liini,"  I  savs,  'an' 
lettiii'  lii.n  l)e  liapjn"  in  his  own  little  way — 
'canse  a  lost  childhood  ean't  never  come 
hack.'"  His  voice  broke;  he  swallowed  in 
a  frenzied  eagerness,  jiis  eves  staring  like 
a  child's  in  the  .ittemi)t  to  utter  win.:  lie  had 
no  words  to  express.  "  'An'  the  first  thing 
I  knowed,'  I  says,  'before  I  sieii  he  needed 
serious  advice,  he  he  shot  up  like  ii  weed  — 
/ui'  suddenly  he  warn't  a  baby  no  longer. 
An'  so,'  I  says,  — 'an'  here  he  is  to-day,  be- 
fore you,  Judge,'  I  says  —  Si  foolisli  boy, 
])erhaps,  but  not  a  bad  one  —  an  orjihaii  — 
but  if  you  '11  overlook  this.  Judge,'  I  says, 
'I  '11  do  lietter.  I  can't  let  my  respons'bility 
end  here.  So  — so  don't,'  I  says— I  was  — 
An'  Hold)  begun  to  cry.  He  broke  down 
an'— an'  — I  could  n't  say  nothin'  more.  It 
194 


A  (JRAM)  ARMY  MAN 


^ot  MR'  —  in  tlu'  tliro.it.  I  wjis  n't  list  to 
spofikin'."  Hi-  mtulv  a.  blind  gcsturo  of 
apology  with  his  liandki-rchicf,  uiui  tiirnitif^ 
suddenly  —  us  HuHic,  wi-epinj^  too,  spranj; 
up  to  hurry  to  liini — he  stunii)le(l  out  of  the 
room,  shakin<;f  his  liead  spasinodieally  as  if 
the  recollection  were  an  ache  in  the  bruin 
that  tortured  him. 


195 


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I 


XIII 

■  T  'S  a  sliiuno !  A  diinin  shfiiiip !"  Sniiffcn 
muttered,  wiping  his  eyes  and  blowing 
his  nose. 

Ilallie  Silt  down  stiffly,  trying  to  control 
lur  contorted  lips,  while  the  big  tears  rolled 
down  her  cheeks  unheeded  from  eyes  that 
saw  nothi.ig  but  that  picture  of  her  father 
sitting  in  judgment  on  the  boy  slie  loved. 

Bcstor  had  clenched  his  hand  on  the  table 
top.    "I  knew  it,"  he  said,  in  a  hushed  voice, 
with  something  of  the  same  fixed  gaze  as  the 
girl.     "I  knew  we  'd  lost  as  soon  as  he  began 
'Young  man,  those  interested  in  you  may 
advance  specious  arguments  i>.  extenuation 
of  vour  conduct.'     I  knew   it.     I  kne,-  it. 
But  when  he  said  'in  the  JeffersonviUe  Pcnl- 
196 


JlJ^tw^ 


'  Jim  IJishop  had  the  worst-to  tiikt-  him  awjiy  from  W, 


I  I 


v^ 


^!^rmm"fm^jm2:: 


A  GRAND  ARMY   MAN 


tent  iiiry  — one  your  .it  luird  lubor,'  I 
could  n't  Ixliivf  i.iy  viirs.  Stato's  Prison  !" 
At  the  wo.ds  ".IitfersonvilU-  IVnitcn- 
tiury,"  Smifftn  Imd  started  and  frowned 
and  looked  up  at  the  ceilinfir  and  down  at 
the  Hoor,  as  if  searcliinj^  his  memory  for 
somethinfr  he  had  almost  found  a^ain.  Sud- 
denly he  said  "Ah  I"  with  raised  eyebrows, 
his  face  alight. 

Bcstor  had  gone  on.  "I  could  n't  believe 
my  ears.  State's  Prison!  For  that  boi)!" 
He  wagged  his  old  heafl,  commiseratingly. 
"Jim  Bishop  had  the  worst  — to  take  him 
away  from  Wes'.  (io.l !  I  thought  Wes' 
would  go  mad.  ...  I  've  seen  men  die,  on 
the  battlefield,  in  the  hospital.  I  've  had 
them  cling  to  my  sleeve  and  fight  for  an- 
other breath.  It  was  worse  than  that.  I 
thouirht  it  'd  shake  the  heart  out  of  his 
body.  He  ran  after  tlic  Judge.  I  had  to 
hold  him -fighting— fighting  like  a  drown- 


ing man 


i'» 


199 


A  GRAND  ARMY  MAN 


I 


II,.  put  his  l.unds  up,  closiuK  I'i^  'Vts,  his 
lips  r...npnssid  in  an  ixprcssinn  that  sai(i 
thr    thiiiK    WHS    beyond    words.      The    girl 

sohhfd. 

Ho   si^lu'd   .-ind   shook   his   lu>ad.      "Wes' 

was  riKlit.  N"  .)"<'«'•  '""'  "  ■"'-''*  *"  ^"^^ 
;,  h„y's  future  and  throw  it  away  hki-  that. 
It  's  1/iw,  hut  it  's  not  justice.  .ludK'e  An- 
(Ir.ws  di<l  tliat  out  of  personal  spite.  It  's 
a  hard  thin-  to  say  of  the  bench-Why!" 
He  turned  to  Hallie.  "Why,  even  young 
Welliuan  had  n't  expected  it !  Ho  as  much 
as  tohl  me  so  before  he  went  back  to  Indian- 

apohs. 

She  did  not  reply;  and  they  were  sitting 
in  silence-SniifFen  fidgetting  with  a  desire 
to  speak,  but  compelled  to  wait  a  decent  In- 
terval-when  Bigelow,  having  regained  con- 
trol of  himself,  came  back  from  the  .lining- 
room,  looking  old  and  bent. 

He    sat    down    to    stretch   his    trembling 
hands  out  to  the  stove.     "A  nmn  lives  an' 
200 


!  I 


V 


\ 


ri^ . '  -vv  .;?v>^' :- isc-f/r^^;^  .r;^^^  r*«^^ -^  -.-■,: 


MM 


-^   'If  i! 


.=^1 


I  thought  NVcs'  wouia  go  mad  " 


if 


^mm-:^^:  W^^ 


^;^g^?:#P%;.tT^.,>- 


A  GRAM)  AUMV  MAN 


I  M   lost   fill   int'rot    in   lifr.      Did   n't    van- 

whut  Iwq-lH'.ud  to  uw \'>'  tluM.  fi-l.t- 

i„'  an.l  nmrdiin'  un'  skHpiii'  witl.  tl.r  Im.vs 
I  scan  wlwit  lifo  millv  wu.-    wl.at  n.:iki>  it    • 
with  comnuli's   lik.   that.      It   was  jrood.      1 
could  V  gone  on  tluit  wav  fill  v,r.    .    •   •    An 
wlun  it  was  ovir,  1  conH'  Imik  hir.'  with  a 
ni.w       fi'olin'-ainonK       noiKlil""'-      workni' 
shouhiiT    to    shoiil.iir,    with    Kohl,    at    home 
here— an'  havin'  no  har.l  fiilin's  to  noho.ly. 
.   .   .   An'  then,  that  day  in  court,  1  thou^^ht 
it  'd  hocn  all  wrong.     It  all  turned  ag  in'  nie. 
There  was  the  law  I  'd  fought  fer  -^an'  the 
court !     I  '.I  help  make  'em.     I  'd  gone  out 
with  n.y   gun   an'  .lefended  'em.      An'   they 
turned  on  me  an'  took  llohert-took  ev'ry- 
tliln'.      An'   made  .lim    Hishop  do   it.      An' 
made  all  the  hoys  stan'  l)y  an'  see  it  done." 
He  turned  shakily  lo  Bestor.     "That  's  why  1 
took  otl'  my  medals,  ("ap.     I  was  .lone  with  it 
all.      There  wurn't  nothin'  more  in  it  fer  me." 
5202 


*'  It  's  law,  but  it  's  not  justice ' 


A  GUAM)   AIIMV    M-- 


Hrstor  n.).l<l«<l.     I^'  •"^'l  uii.l.r>t.M..l. 
"An'  tlitn  till'  l)()vs  nil  comr  to  oHVr  wlmt 
iluy    o.ul.l      .lim    \M>\m>P   «i»l.    h\.    i..M>i..n 
.n()my,«i-l.t  <l()ll;irs  .i  month      nn    v^'v^  on.' 
lulpii.'-  «l'ivi"'  -Iii'lK^'  A.wlr.ws  out  o'  town 
un'lMt  infill  iift«r  liii'i      an' nolxxlv  pii'-Mn' 
nut..  ,myn.y.l.l.t>."     li.  tl.nw  ont  a  l.un.l 
at   tli.in.      "I   trll  you   wlmt    it   is.      Ilunmn 
natiuT   '-^   Ix'ttiT   'n    its    laws -lu'tt.r   'n    its 
courts      Letter    '..    anytlun'.      'S    all    ri-l't. 
Cap.      Wi'   all   (loiu-   our   h.st.      Uol)l)   Ml   Ik- 
bac-k  sonu-  (lay.      I  ain't   con.plainin'."      IL' 
sn.iU.l    up   l.ruvcly.      "We   '11   c-ona-   out    all 

ri^lit." 

SmiUVn    seized    his    opportunity.      "Mr. 
nigrlow,"    he    sai.l    eagerly,    "when    I    first 
heard  your  boy's  name,  I   remembered  that 
I  'd  seen  it   in  print   soinewhen'.      1   used  to 
know     a    hoy     nan.e<l     Kohert     Hi^^-low     at 
school.     And  wlien  I  saw  the  name  1   won- 
dered if  it  WHS  a  son  of  his.     That  's  how 
1  noticed  it.     And  just  ..ow,  when  Captain 
20-t 


ffyjf^^-^' '  -.y-'y"'!^' '■-:''' 


A   (iUAM)   AllMV    MAN 


will,  I  rtiiii  iiilit  Tf.l,  jii-t  iiov.  th.it  1  rtml 
it  ill  II  .IiHT.  rxiiivillf  pupt  r,  on  tlir  train,  i' 
«ji^  n  nt  \vn  it.  Ill  fnmi  tlir  pi  iiitc  nt  i.u\ .  It 
>,aiil  voiii-  liDV  h.nl  appli.  (1  for  a  pati  lit  on  a 
spriiiji  li'ilt 

•'Wliut:-  'IMun!"  Hi^rrlow  cri.il. 
'•Wliat  M  I  till  voii:-  Klir  •  •  •  "ri->li!" 
ho  call.'.l.     ""l-i.lil" 

Lctitia  caiiif  riiiiiiiii;^  in  fioiii  tlir  kitflitn. 
'•Uolil)   's     iiat.iitid      till     lur!      do     on. 
Ti-U  luT.     I  want  to  luar  it  a>j,aiii." 

"I  wa^  tfllinn-  Mr.  Hiplow,"  Siiiitfiii  t\- 
lilainid,  "alioiit  an  itini  I  Naw  in  a  .IitriiNon- 
viUf  paprr  on  tlir  train.  It  >Hiil  that 
Soiinj,'  Uohirt  Hij,'ilow.'  in  the  pii>on  thirr, 
hail  appiiiil  for  a  pat.nt  on  a  spriiif^ 
holt      " 

"ThiTf!  Did  n't  I  al'ay-^  t"'l  y<>n  ? 
Printin'  pri'ssi>  an'  jiaint  wiTf  n't  po-sihli' 
wIhtl'  hi-  is,  so  he  works  patimt  Sumlays 
on  his  littli'  holt."  Hi'  lookid  up  at  the 
hov's  picturi',  irirt  anil  prouil.  "  Uuhcrt 
12  aO.') 


/«? 


A  (,11AM)   AKMV   MAN 

Bn,n..nMl„.>,>Hi.r      thHt'>  what  that  hoy 
i.:     M.^rht  as  well  loc-k  up  u  >ticak  o'  hght- 

Ti,.  ..thrr.  rl.unoml  for  furthrr  <U'tmls, 
but  S.uiir.n  rouhl  nnun.h.r  no.u— except 
thnt  tlun.  was  sonu'thin-  in  the  it.u.  that 
b.,,1  .truck  hnn  as  ,.uuu>in-  souuthin- 
,l,out  llolnrt  haviuo.  -.ivcn  th.  option  ou 
.,,,,,,t,„t  toa'VoMtra.torof-n.at  pohti- 

c.,.d    iMrtu...u.-   who   was   uUo   s.rvu,-   out   a 
si'iitc'ci'  III  the  })riM)ii. 

IIo     swallow..!     his     s.uil.'     apologetically 

wh.M  he  saw  that  ^/U7/  .li'i  >>"t  <i'"l  '^">*'''"'" 

uinu>iii^'  ill  the  matter. 

lii.relow  had  reM.aine<l  K^izin^  fo.uHy  at 
the  picture.  '"Wonaerful  hoy!"  he  sahh 
-You  could  tell  he  was  a  <,nnius  -lie  was  .so 

modest  I" 

SniiffVn  held  out  his  hand,  sincerely 
nu>ved.  -Mr.  HiKelow;-hesaid."Iwantto 
,oni,n-atulate  you.     1  was  never  gladder  of 


206 


A  (IIIAM)   ARMY   MAX 


niivtliini^-  ill  my  lift'.  I  'm  prouii  to  \iv  tlic 
one  to  hriii^  tlir  iu\v>.  AikI  I  want  to  >ay 
I  "ill  -  I  'ill  proud  to  know  you.  I  *m  <^1h(1  I 
iiRt  you.*' 

I'iiTilow  M-ruspi'd  his  luuid,  smiliiifi  n 
crooked  Muik'.  "You  ou^lit  to  know  liohh. 
\Vi>li  \\v  M  l)itn  lure.  Kli.  Cip.'  I'lu  Hul- 
li(  f  Well,  this  may  lie  the  tuniin"  ji'iiit  in 
H()l)h's  canrr.  Wliat  M  I  al'ays  tell  you?" 
And  thill,  licamiiiir  witli  nlict.  tuniiii<r  to 
Lctitia,  he  niid:  "Wliat  time  i>  it.  "Tisli? 
Ain't  it  mar  Mi})pfr  tiiiic?  I  "m  as  liungry 
as  a  hoi-M  r  Conu'  on.  Let  's  have  sonii'- 
tliin'  t'  cat." 

Sill'  (lid  not  wait  to  hear  aiiythiiij^  more 
Shi'  liad  been  so  worriid  by  his  lack  of 
u{)])i'titc  at  dinner,  that  she  hurried  away 
at  once,  with  an  almost  maternal  delight, 
to  pre})are  the  iiual-  altiiou;,di  it  was  more 
than  an  hour  from  supper  time. 

"I    feel  as   if   I    could   eat,   now."    Hifr^low 

207 


11  ' 


A  GRAND   ARMY   MAN 


!| 


1hu-]k..1.      "StHV   to   supiHT   witl»   us,   Cap. 

Coiiu'  on."  ^ 

Hut  lU.st<.r  l,.ul  still  sonu-  Now  Years 
,,dlstopavwithtlu.  l^.stnu■>ulHM•s;am^ho 
^-.„t-with  a  >la,>  on  tlK.  hack  fn.,n  Ri^n-low 
_t.,  oarrv  .lu'  ^..od  .u.vs  to  the  "c-on.- 
ra.Ks."     "Happy  New  Year,  Wes',"  he  sauh 

"Kh?" 

Hi.n.h.w   auK  Lis  Imtuls   into  his   pockets, 
,K.ll.,hte.llv.      -Oh,  our   troul.Us  -11   soon  he 
over  now.  Cap,     Two  er  three  n.onths  n.ore 
-countin'     ti.ne     fer     S'."''     l^'havior.      It 
,,,„.t    take    lonK    to    wipe    thi.    all    off    the 
slnte.     11.  •>  a  wonderful  hov-     He  turned 
U,     Ilallie     whet,     the     ca,)tain     had     -one. 
.-W,  'II  so..n  he  payin'  off  all  ov.r  u  ots,  an'^ 
ownin'   our  own    roof  once  n.ore.      Startn,' 
out  fresh  in  life.     1  feel  o-ood  fer  f-.rty  years 
vet.     .lus' he^mnin' C  en  joy  life.     Kh.'" 

"Well,"  Snnffen  said  douhtfully,  "I  hope 
thehov  '11  appreciate  —  " 

^.()i;,      pshaw      ..ow,"      Ri^eh.w      repl-ed. 
!->0H 


:      I 


A   (JRAM)   AIIMV    MAN 


"P;iri-iits  don't  cxpiH-'  no  prfciation.  We 
Jill  know  it  's  easier  fcr  one  mother  to  lo<ik 
after  si'ven  sons  tlinn  it  is  fer  sevi'n  sons  to 
look  after  one  mother.  He  *s  all  ri<rht. 
lie  's  a  ;roo(i  hoy.     Don't  you  worry." 


209 


1 1 


XIV 


I 


>|.irit      nt"     jovial      (.|itiiniMii.      tluy 


r 

^^y  ,„,ulr   it    .-i    ini.     fr.i>t    •uul    clchra- 
tion      nil  tlu'  ninaii.-of  t  lu'  <liiUHr"s  turk.y, 
1„.1,,,,,1    cut     with    honu-nia.K'    hwnd    and    a 
,,!,„, if„l     .K-rrt     of    cakr     aiul     ,.ivmtvcs. 
Kvni   r.titia  caiuf  ou^  uiu'Xiuvt.'dl.v  witli  ii 
,„iM  In.. nor  that  ^ct  Hi-^'low  xv!uv/.in-  with 
l,i.    hra.l    thrown   hack,  liis   ryes   >hut,   in    a 
i.onvnNion   of  noisrU^s  lan-httT.      IK'  twit- 
tc.l   hrr  al.out    .lin.   Hishop.  a.ul   she   w^Al^-d 
jraily:  '•Well.   1   usi'<l  to   think  myself  that 
!lin.  nishop  <li<l  n-t  have  exactly  a  romantic 
fi.nuv    to    look    at -hut    as    nnr    own    h)oks 
chanfTo  our  miiids  dianjjjc  witli  Vm." 

-Ncv.r  nun.l,  'Tisli,"  ho  said.     -Uomantic 
fij^nn-cs   don't    -ct    up   early   to   Iniil.l   fires. 
5210 


A  an:  si)  army  man 


Inn     s   Hi 


ritrli 


t.      A 


M       IK' 


litiii* 


an  V 


tiiiit   VDu  want  liini. 


Ik'  wiiikrd  lit  SinidVii. 


sail 


'I  don't  boliive  in  hein'  too  hasty,"  >1k" 
1.      "Wait   till   Robl)  's   sottk-d   in   HtV." 


And  she  noddi'il  and  >nn'l(( 


1  at   Hallie,  who 


hlushcd   up    pnttily,    as    tniiiairasscd 


hiHlc. 


SniifFen  was  enjoying  i 


t.     It 


was  a  litno 


ttU 


home  scene 


no 


from  a  sort  of  life  that  lie  had 

t  known  sinei'  his  boyhood.   It  was  as  sweet 

to  liim  as  poetry.     And  there  was  one  inei- 

dent  that  almost  brouf^ht  tears  to  his  eyes. 

Tliat  occurred  wlien  sup})er  was  finished, 

1   Hiiielow,  after   re<rardin<,'   the    remains 


and 


)f    the    baiuiuet    suspiciously 


Iv,    l)hirted    out 


T 


ish,  bow  do  we  niai 


lage  to  live  like  thi 


an 


tl 


le   rrroci'r  S 


bill  last  month  only--wiiat 


it  was.- 
Letit 


la. 


to   conce 


al    her   mortification    at 


liis  askiiiff  such  a  (jues 


tion 


bef. 


)re  company, 


answered  brazen 


Iv  :  "Cost   of  livin" 


LTono 


down. 


W 


es 


211 


r 


i' 


<         1 


A  (lllAM)   AHMY    MAN 


Slu'  naclud  thr  <,rr()(vr'>  l)()ok  off  tlu' 
,l...k  l..l.in.l  h.r.  -'riur.  it  i.v/"  Sli.  ro>c 
to  tiikc  ioviiv  tlif  j)l.iti'>. 

"Wliiit  *>  thiNr"  lif  said,  (liscovn-in^r  n 
MU.'ilKTl.ookinsi.l.throtluT.     -Why,  this 's 

;i  hook  o*  _\rr  own." 

Shf  tried  to  Miatcli  it  {row  him:  and  fail- 
i„.-  Ml  tliat,  she  l-.ad  to  explain  in  a  h)NV, 
.hanu'd  voi.T  H.at  it  was  "onlv  fer  Httle 
„il,l,U.>"  >!„■  ha.l  liad  -lu'tween  nuals"'  -that 
.he  had  not  thou^'ht  it  ri-!>t  to  make  him 
pay  for  "extra  t)ites"  for  herself. 

He  adjusted  hi>  -lasses.  an<l  read  drily: 
"•Deeemher  twenty-six:  one  hox  starch.' 
Hull!  -Two  paeka<,a'>  hluein'.  .  .  .  One  -rat- 
ion kerosene.  .  .  •  One  ..ne  mouse  trap! 
Heeii  nii)l)lin'  hetween  meal-,  -.  n.'  " 

"Oh.    ir<-.v'.'"   she   cried,   catching   at    the 

book. 

He  held  her  hand,  pattin^r  it   fondly.     "I 
^^•on't  have  it,  -Tish.      You  "re  a   guardi'n 
'2V2 


I  I 


"  One— one  mouse  traji  I ' 


t*. 


A  (JUANH   AKMV   MAN 


i       ' 


,,„p.l.     All  von  want  \  (.•,...,,..•*>■>"'  «"'^"^ 
,„,,,„„.,_    ,„,t   l«.M,-thav..  it.      1  -11  att.M' 

to  this." 

II..    jn,t     tlu.    l)o..k    in    l.is    pnckrt.    an.l 
look.-l   aroun.l    for   S.nirtV.u   .ho  Iw.-l    riM,, 

,,„irklv    nn.l    K"""'    *"    ""^'^"    '^    l""'*"'""    "^ 
.tu.KmK    tlu.    portrait    of    Cn.n.:\    dra.t 
ov.r'tlu.  nmut.lpi..-     l.otitia  w.nt  uway  to 
„u.  kitdun  with  lur  tray.     "Oh !"  IV.^ow 
.ai.l  apoloKotic-allv,   r.^allinK  hi-.^clf  to  \vs 
.h.ti.s  as  host.      "I   KH.t   to  -o  out   an'  h..! 
„,,    i,„,.,s.       -on,,    .lon^    an'    sc-e    Rohh's 
.workshop.     Kv.r  s...n  it.  Hallio?     Have  to 
,,,,,    it    .11    s^v.p"  an'  n.ulv    f.r    hin>    wh.n 
,,,   ,„uu.s   hac'k.   .hr      ('...no   on.      Want    to 
.how  you  what  W  's  .lone  on  that   pr,ntn>' 

'^Thrv  ha.l  to  wrap  thonisolvos  up  :-.n(l  i-o 
.ith  hin,,  s,nihnK  affectionately  at  hin.  ho- 
l,i„a  his  back:  ami  Lc-titia,slippinsmto  the 

omptv  room  as  soon  as  they  ha.l  gone,  hast- 
tcned  to  take  fron.  the  desk  drawer  a  shallow 


'    I 


i 


\   (iUAM)   .\KM\     MAN 


li.i'kct  (i|  -.f^iiiLi,'  «liiili  In  r  t\|)iiiiii('i'  with 
till'  i^i-occr"^  hook  had  made  hrr  ^iiiltllv 
,inMoi.-<  to  coiiii  al  III  a  »atcr  placf. 

It  va^  wi'tli  Micli  >(  winter  tlijit  .she  )iad 
xci'itiv  earned  the  iiioiie\  to  pay  for  lier 
"extra  l)ite>."' 

'I'his  pai-ticii'ar  piece  happened  to  hv  a 
vscdchii;;-  wreath  and  veil  which  >lic  had  heeii 
making-  for  Captain  Hestor's  daii^litcr. 
She  turned  it  over  critically,  took  it  out  of 
its  l)a>ket  and  >criitini/ed  the  sewinif  on  the 
hem:  and  as  >he  fin^fcp'd  it,  a  mild  flush 
mounted  her  cheeks.  Slu'  stood  with  it  in 
lii'r  hand>,  smiling  at  it  ahsi'tit-mindedlv. 

"Looks  a  mite  too  loii^,"  she  said  to  her- 
self, with  an  air  of  offering  herself  an  I'xcuse 
for  yielding  to  a  temptation. 

She  fflanced  at  the  windows;  shi>  turiu'd 
from  thi'in  to  a  small  stjuare  of  lookin^- 
^dass  that  IiuiilC  on  the  wall  near  the  man- 
tel; and  siie  looked  down  from  it  at  the 
wreath  of  hlossouis  and  the  veil  in  her  hands. 

2ir> 


i  i 


f 


A  (iUAM)   ARMY    MAN 


Til...   ^1h'  pil     tll.lM  n.u  t^^■mklill^'  at   luT   ro- 

fU.'tioii  ill  Hh'  ^'!av>. 

ll,.rl.h.^lu-t;Hlr,lwith  luTMuiK'.     Sli.Kt 

1,.,,  1,H,„U  fall  ^lo^^lv.  Shr  .I'.n. ,,,.■.!  a  littK', 
a„.|  st.,...ll....kinK  .tt  l>.rMlf>a.lly.  lu■.•fac■o 
.l,o^vi^J^v.•llo^vlu.l..^vtlu■^^lu»»•^^>•.•'ath. 

Tl,...l.ln...nMvatrh..llHr    -that  room  t<, 
„lnrh    sl.r    l.a.l    c.nu-.    v.ars    luforr,    wlu'M 
Hij...hnv.    a    lul,.K»    l-aclulor,    ha.l    wantr.l 
M,L  our  to  assist    him  in  Urii.-inK  "P  tlu- 
,,Hhv  ho  ha.l  a.loptci.     She  ha.l  a,v..,,t..l  tho 
,,,,■    of  tlu-  .hil.l  as  a  .h.ty   ..f  pat  ri..t  i>m. 
\U    wa.  lur  -warhahv-   an.l  ^h.  ha.l   not 
l,ojrn,<l-.-.l    l.in,   tho   mat..rnal    lov.^    a.ul   tlic 
.nrt.T.ial  s.>lioitu.K.  she  ha.l  lavi.h.'.l  ..n  hinu 
Sh,.   ha.l  birn   ^villi^-   t..   p..st,...n..  lur  own 
lif,,forth..tinK-    toM.IimHishopan.lhis 

atlVction  wait  until  th.^  h..y  sh..ul<l  bo  bif? 
c„ouf,rh  to  .lo  -itlH.ut  h.r.  An.l  with  hor 
,„i„.l  always  up..n  tho<..  oth.rs.  with  hor 
days  full  ..f  work  an.l  hor  thou-hts  all 
pointing  hor   f..rwar<l,  sho  ha.l  gone  on   in 

^16 


A  (;ham)  au.mv  man 


!i  l)li->>t"iil  uiicoii^iioii-'iu  ■>>  i)t  tin-  t'.lft  tll.lt 
iiiiif  "u^  not  -.t.ui(lm;j;  --hll  tor  //<  r  citlicr, 
tliat  IK)  iii.it tir  fii)«  >li()rt  tin-  vcu's  xciiu'd 
to  1)1'  to  look  li.u'k  upon,  f.icli  yvnr  was  ji 
Viiir  loii<r  ami  In  i"  liti'  wa^  [)a.s>.iiii^. 

'I'lif  >i;j,lit  of  lur  facf  in  thr  i^lass.  f^ro- 
t(s(|Ui'  iRiuatli  it>  crown  of  hrldal  l)loN>()nis, 
lia.l  put  the  trutli  Inforr  lur  sliockinjfly. 
Sill'  turned  (juicklv  to  tlu'  room,  widf-ivtil ; 
and  for  tlu'  first  time  .-.lu'  >a«  tiiat  it  too  was 
old,  worn  ami  >lial)l)y.  She  looked  at  the 
bain's  liijrli  iliair.  tlic  chair  tliat  only  yes- 
terday Hol)l)  had  Yesterday  !  She  sat 
down,  as  if  all  the  weaknesses  of  ai^e  had 
descended  upon  lur  in  an  instant.  Old? 
She  liad  <rrown  olil  1  How  lia<l  it  liap|)ened? 
Why  had  n't  she  noticed  it?  And  with  her 
hands  in  her  lap,  fiinihlin^-  at  the  veil  that 
had  eiitanjrled  it>elf  in  lur  Hn<fers.  she  sat 
blinkinj^  like  a  j)erson  wakentd  from  sleej) 
wlio  tries  to  recapture  the  conviction  of  u 
dream  that  has  passed. 
i>lT 


If 


A   (lUANl)    AHMV    MAN 


Slir   (llil   ll'>t    >'!■  .1    >ll.lil')W    at    tllr    uindnw. 
Slic     dill     lint      llrar     thr     itlltrr     (Inor     ()|)(ll.(l 

;^(iitlv.  (.liiii  Hi^hop  li.iil  nil  t  the  others 
outride-,  and  Ik  liid  coiiif  In  to  riijoy,  in 
tlirlr  !d)>iiirc,  a  ti' t.'  a  ti"  ti'  with  "Ti-h.) 
Hnt  a>  hi'  canic  into  thr  room,  -hf  tnrnrd, 
startl.d;  and  hr  crlci':  '"Lord,  Lititial 
How  it  do<  >  licconif  voii!"  radiant  svith 
thtudiuiiation  of  a  ^u|)i  ranrniatcd  ^fallaiit  rv 
that  I  ad  ri>rn  ;tt  one.'  to  the  call  of  tin- 
stnt  inuiital  orca^ion. 

Siic   snatclud    thf    wreath   off   In    spite   of 
hi-,  protests,  stainnicrin;^  that  it  \va>  not  iur 
veil   -that  she  was  doin^'  "a  mite  o*  ^ewin 
which  she  would  n't  have  We.^'  know  of.  for 
all  the  world. 

"Well,    well."    he    said,    putting'    all    that 
aside,  "it  *s  eijrhteen  vears  since  we  fir.-.t 
He    sat    down    all    smiles,    his    artificial    le^r 
stickin<^    nut    unheridin^ly    straij^ht    hefore 
him.     "It  's  einjhteen  years,  'Titiii." 

Sho  did  not  hrij^hteii. 
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I.onl.   I..'titl:i  '        How    it  (IfHs  briolll.-  v>n  '  ' 


1 


A  (iUAM)  AiniV  MAN 


'"It  's  coiiif  over  iiic,  to-dav.  with  coii-'u- 
tioii,"  liL'  siiid  ;ui(l  the  ni)\v  o*"  coiivicf ion 
sounded  r;itlirr  forcid  —  "tlmt  ii  widdin'  in 
tliis  fam'ly  would  cluir  t!iin<rs  up  u  little. 
Eh?" 

Sht"  <hd  not  riplv.  She  hxtkod  down  ut 
the  vt'il  in  her  hands. 

"("onio,"  he  saiiL  ""It  's  \i'W  Vtar's  chiy, 
I.ttitiu.  Lit  's  |)hin  a  Ntw  Year's  wediiin'. 
.  .  .  Sfiins  to  nif  it  's  a  sort  of  a  duty  on 
our  part." 

Shu  shook  her  head.  "Tliere  's  a  time  fer 
all  thinj^s,"  she  said  hoarsely,  "hut  fer  some 
things  the  time  's  ^one  l)y." 

"Oh,  ])shaw,"  he  protested. 

"I  knew  it,  just  now  when  I  ])ut  this  veil 
on." 

'*\ow,  Letitia,  don't  you  let  — " 

"There  's  some  things  you  can't  ])ut  off, 
Jim,"  she  said.  "When  I  first  knew  you 
wanted  me,  it  —  it  lifted  me  rif^ht  up  to  the 
skies.     But  after  a  man  proposes  fer  eighteen 

001 


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if 


1 1 


)      I 


A  GRAND     dlMY  MAN 


yiiirs  stfiuh-  to  oni'  woiii.m  — "  Slii"  siiiiUd 
•  iiibiousW  ill  a  (listr;u'ti>(l  app-iriation  of 
tlie  humor  of  tlu-  sitiiiitioii.  "U  '>  lu'ir.  a 
G.  A.  H.  woddiii'  — fin'  ;i  Fourth  o'  -luly 
wc(hnn'-air  ,1  Niw  Vfiir's  wid.liii' -  hut  it 
uin't  never  '^om  to  he  .i  wi'ddin'.""  She  he- 
^mn  to  fold  up  the  veil  und  put  it  hiuk  in 
its  basket.  "We  're  old-un'  we  K*^t  old 
npiirt.     It  's  too  hite." 

"Oh,  psiifiw  !"he  i)rotested,  undisoournsed. 

'•U'r  iiin't  old." 

"Well,"'  slu-  siiid,  her  sense  of  humor  c-om- 
ing  to  her  reseue,  "nmyhe  we  uin't  -hut,  oh, 
.lim,  we  've  !)een  youn^r  un  Jiwfu!  lon<r  time!" 

He      hiujrhed,      with      her,      rehictiuitly. 

"Still-" 

"No,"  she  said,  putting  aside  tlie  sewinj; 
basket,  "I  've  sort  o'  ^ot  tanjrletl  up  in 
Wes's  life  an'  Uobb's  life,  till  I  .lon't  seem 
to  have  one  just  fer  mys.lf.  I  'H  tell  you, 
Jim:  you  're  welron.e  to  sit  in  at  a  meal, 
im'  I  '11  always  run  over  an'  darn  your 
ooo 


'A  1^-....;  r,f 


•  -■.'^yT^.r:.'fr^y 


0^^/^ 


A  GRAND  AllMY  MAX 


c'lotlu's,  sHiiU'  US  I'ViT,  Jui'  \()ii  cim  coiik-  and 
krc'p  liie  c'oiiip'iiy  ivrniti<fs,  iin'  >it  \)\  tlu' 
fire-" 

Ilf  IkuI  the  doubtful  face  of  a  iiiiddU- 
a^ed  loviT  who  finds  the  glamour  of'liis  occu- 
pation suddenly  departed.  "Sittin'  by  the 
fire  's  cold  work,"  be  said. 

"Well,  Uoi)b  '11  be  home  soon."  Sh.^  had 
be^un  to  bustle  mechanically  about  her 
housework.  **It  would  n't  seem  home  to  him 
without  me.  .  .  .  No,  there  's  no  way  out 
of  it,  Jim  Hishop.  We  '11  have  io  c?o  on 
sweetheartin'  the  rest  of  our  lives." 

"It  ain't  on  account  o'  it  uin'*^  because 
I  had  to  take  Uobb,  is  it,  'Titia.^  It  was  as 
ban!  fer  me  as  —  " 

"Nonsense,  .Jim,"  she  re})lied.  "I  know 
how  that  was.  We  ain't  worryin'  about 
Robb."  .And  she  told  him  the  news  of  the 
patent. 

He   was    not   as   cheerful    about    it    as   lie 

mi^ht   have  been;  and   he   rose,  crestfallen, 
13  oo;{ 


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i 


Jl  f 


A  (iUAM)  AUMY   MAN 


!->' 


Ho 


wh.n     he     l.oar.l     Hi-^low     rctiirni.i. 

^rnunl,l...l :   "I    <l'>"'t    ^^""^^    ^'''^*    ^    *''""-''* 
y'  ,.vir  .•L'ully  uOuUI  n.urry  ....,  "ritiu,  hut 

still-" 

Lrtitiu  ha,l  (lisuppoaml  with  her  sowitiR 
basket.  He  looked  utter  her,  nitlier  mourn- 
fully. 

"Well,  .Tim,"  Bi^'elow  greeted  him,  "is 
there  m.y  brighter  prospee's  fer  the  emnin' 

Sl'flSOIl?" 

He  shook  his  head. 

"D.m't  give  up,"  Higelow  ehuekled. 
"Women  are  like  grasshoppers.  You  never 
know  whieh  Nvay  they  're  goin'  to  jump." 

Bi.shop  stood  looking  into  his  hat  a  long 
time;  and  then,  tnrning  moodily,  he  went 
out  without  a  word. 

There  was  an  air  of  absent-minde.l  finality 
about  his  exit,  and  it  had  the  effect  of  re- 
minding Smiffen  that  it  was  time  he  was 
thinking  of  his  own  departure. 

"Well,   Mr.    3igelow,"   he   said,  "I   don't 
224. 


"  Women  urc  like  (rrjisshoppers  " 


n 


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A  (iUANl)    ARMY  MAX 


1 


know  liow  to  tell  you  how  much  I  'vc  — I  've 
iiijoytd  tla-  privilege  of  spfiiding  the  (liiy  — 
of  hiiiig  luiv  with  you.     I  'in  not  u  — well,  a 
faiiiily  mail,  iiiy>elf,  und  whin  I  'in  not  liv- 
ing in   a  hotel   I  'ni  on   the  train.      I  never 
reiili/ed   hefore    how    nuuh    I    've   missed   in 
life.      I   used  to  think   I   *d  missed  a  lot  of 
trouhle  — and  mayhe   I  have.      But,  I  don't 
l^„„\v  — tven      troul)lt — even      troubles     like 
yours-well,    they    're    life!      And   the   way 
that  you  "ve  — well,  it  's  tau<rht  me  a  le.sson. 
Human   nature  —  "      He  held  out  his   hand 
impulsively.      "Human    nature,    like    yours 
anyway  — it  makes  a  man  think  better  of  his 

kind." 

Bi<relow  frrinned  with  an  almost  boyish 
bashfulness,  shakin<^  hands.  "Oh,  pshinc! 
You  — I  — what  've  you  got  to  go  fer? 
Can't     you     stop     the     night     with     us.? 

We  '11-" 

"Got  to  get  bark  to  business!     I  'd  like 
to  stay  here  till  the  boy  comes  back— and 
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^'*:':Vi^'i-^":'^'^i^f  »J  ^  r  =:y'y----'^-].i 


A  GRAND  AH.MV   MAN 


sec  you  all  Imppv  together.  But  I  '!'.  see 
him,  maybe.  I  '11  stop  off  some  time  when 
I  'in  going  through  again.  I  '11  just  run 
.liong  down  to  the  (lej)ot  l)ef<>re  it  gets  dark 
and  see  whether  that  eight  o'clock  's  going 
to  he  anywhere  near  on  tinjc.  I  won't  say 
goodbye  now.     I  '11  be  back." 

And  with  a   hasty   wave  of  the  hat   that 
promised  a  speedy  return,  he  too  left  them. 


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Vr<J: 


XV 


WHEN  Higtlow  turned  from  the 
door  Ik-  still  wort-  u  sort  of 
"c(.  .jJHiiy  sinili'"  that  whs 
half  plcasfd  and  half  i-iiiharnisscd.  It 
faded  as  Ilaliif  left  him  — to  hilp  "Aunt 
Lc-titia"  in  the  kitchen—  and  his  face  gradu- 
ally fell  into  a  look  of  fatigue.  It  had  been 
a  trying  (hiy  for  him.  All  this  talk  of  Kobb 
had  worked  upon  his  nerves  as  well  as  upon 
his  feelings.  It  had  exhausted  him.  He 
found  himself  tired  — flat— discouraged. 
The  future  looked  less  {)romising  than  it 
had  appeared  in  the  first  glow  of  the  news 
of  the  boy's  success  with  his  "spring  bolt." 
He  stood  at  the  window  and  watched  the 
still  light  of  sundown  deepening  into  early 
dusk. 


t  ( 


A  GUAM)  AU.MY   MAN 


'I'lio  old  (lavs  Imd  poiic  —  tin-  hrifrht  (hiys 
of  Uol)l)'s  cliiliUiood,  with  tlu'ir  simj)lt<  Imp- 
{)iiu.s.s  und  tlu'ir  ussiiri'd  hopt-.  Now  the 
boy  must  coiiu'  buck  to  n  inarrod  hfo,  and 
have  abvays  in  liis  ineiiiory  the  bittcrTioss  of 
sufFcriiifT,  and  work  to  win  back  tbi-  coii- 
fidi'iu'i'  that  bf  shoidd  novor  havr  lost.  It 
would  take  years,  and  Hitjilow  felt  himself 
an  old  man  who  mi^ht  not  live  to  see  the  end 
of  it.  Perhaps  Robb  would  not  wish  to  stay 
in  the  little  town  where  liis  disfrrace  wa.s 
known  to  everybody.  He  would  be  K"'"ff 
away.  He  niiffbt  even  not  come  back  from 
prison,  but  prefer  to  take  his  work  nnd  his 
inventions  to  the  city.  He  was  no  lonj^er  a 
child ;  he  could  not  be  ordered  out  to  lie  in 
the  hummock  whenever  be  talked  of  leaving 
liome.  No,  no.  The  old  days  were  gone. 
The  old  days  were  gone. 

Bigelow  turned  his  back  on  them  with  a 
sigl),  and  went  to  take  a  lamp  from  the 
mantel  shelf,  shuffling  almost  feebly  across 
229 


V  J  iJ  'I  --  . 


ff 


The  old  (lays  wcr«-  jroiie 


(iUAM)  AU.MV   MAN 


the  room.  Hi'  struck  n  matcli  iiiid  cou^lu'd 
hikI  \vlut/t(l  wtiiklv,  tliokcd  with  tlif  siilpluir 
fuincs,  a-  he  li^^litid  flic  lam  >.  Old  a^f  was 
coming  a  loiulv  old  a^r.  "Well,"  he  said 
to  liiiiixlf,  "that  "s  till-  way  it  is.  That  's 
the  way."  And  hi'  wiiit  rtsi^ncdly  to  his 
room,  to  put  on  )i  jjair  of  slijjpcrs  so  that 
lie  mi^ht  si'ttlc  down  to  patient  comfort  for 
the  eveiiitiir. 

The  clock  ticked  placidly  in  the  silence. 
The  smoke  fro!,i  the  match  hun^  and  drifted 
ahout  the  lamp.  The  warm  room  waited, 
as  trarujuil  as  domesticity,  as  calm  ns  old 
love.  And  when  the  door  opened  and  tile 
hoy  stood  then',  the  very  luish  and  dimness 
of  it  welcomed  him  into  peace. 

The  mild  li<rht  showed  liim  })ale,  tircd- 
lookintf,  and  very  sad.  He  wore  his  sununcr 
suit  of  siuifF-colorcd  cloth,  without  an  over- 
coat, his  collar  turned  up  aj^ainst  the  cold, 
his  hands  red  to  the  wrists.  He  shivered; 
his  hut  shook  in  his  iiunih  finf^ers;  but  his 
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A  (iUAM)  AHMV    MAN 


filer  >li()VM<l  tiM  (•ini><(i<iiisn('>«.  of  his  cnii- 
il!tiiiii.  He  >t()()<l  looking;  from  otic  rr- 
iMi  iiil)(  red  (litail  of  the  room  to  niiofluT, 
lucitliiii^  (|iii(klv,  all  tlic  (loirr  of  mouths 
of  loii;^iii^  ftu>tiii;4  III  lii>  cvfs. 

lie  IwkI  lain  auukc  in  his  cell  at  nights, 
liictiiiiii;;-  that  room  to  liimsilf,  in  a  l)()_v's 
att(iii[>t  to  cliiat  till'  I'liipty  darkness  with 
the  imaf^e  of  home.  He  ha  '  ;.7)iie  in  imii^iii- 
atioii  a^  Ihn  ey(  s  went  now  from  the  old 
de>k  ill  which  he  kept  hi>  love  letters  urisent 
—  to  the  little  mclodcon  lon^  since  diimh  — 
|»a>t  the  maiitelpi' .e  «ith  its  ri-membered 
ornaiiuiits  —  «  ith  its  war  prints  and  its  fla<j 
and  till'  hii^le  that  he  hud  so  lonj^ed  to  play 
with  as  a  child  —  and  all  these  dieap  and 
simple  fiiriiisliin<rs  were  as  dear  to  see  a<^)iin 
as  if  thev  had  heen  the  beauties  of  some 
I'.dcn  from  which  he  had  been  driven. 
Home  !     It  was  liome  ! 

His  kmis  weakened  with  the  rush  of  blood 
to  hi.s  lieart.  The  whole  place  swam  before 
23a 


A  (JliAM)   Ali.MV    MAN 


liiiii.  lie  »lrc)j)|>i(|  lii>  liut  and  stiij^fitTc-d  t«) 
tlif  fuhlc;  Hiid  siiikiii;^  into  n  cluiir  tlicrc  lif 
laid  liis  luafl  on  lii>  amis  and  fdf  liis  fiars 
hot  on  '  i>  liand>. 

It  was  so  that  Hi;^i  low  first  saw  liini.  Rui 
till'  old  sta;^c  <lr'i\ir,  coniiri;^  nolsticsslv  in 
froin  lii>  hiilrooni  in  liis  slippers,  could  not 
l)t  siiri'  wlio  it  uas  or  woidd  not  hclifvi-  tlio 
i\id(ii(c  of  liis  own  tVfs  that  it  was  Uol)ort. 
lie  stood  with  one  hand  on  the  latch  of  tlic 
door,  starinj^  paldy  at  the  head  and  shoul- 
ders that  showed  in  the  lani{)li^ht.  And 
when  the  hoy  sjit  up  slowly,  hlinded  with 
tears,  looking-  directly  ;it  his  father  witli- 
r)ut  seein<^  hini,  Hi^ilow's  "llohert  r"  was 
^iven  in  that  pereinj)tory  (juick  voice  of 
fear  in  which  a  man  challenges  u  hallucina- 
tion. 

Tln'  hoy  tried  to  l)link  away  the  blur  in 
liis  tves,  risiii^r  to  face  tiie  voice. 

"  Robert  r 

It   was   tlve  cry   that    is   wrung  from   the 
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Robert ! 


■.H 


:  ATT -'I:  V?>  •;;■'•- 


The  boy  sat  up  slowly 


k-,     .     -     -'  -s-    ■ 


n 


'I 


A  (IRANI)  AHMV   MAN' 


lu'iirt  wluii  u  strong  joy  ^ivi's  it  n  wri'iu-li  of 
pjiiii  mul  tlic  tlirofit  chitclus  on  \hv  voico 
.'iiul  tlu'  jaws  stiff'iii.  Tlic  old  iiiaii,  with  liis 
.inns  outstrftclird,  tottirtil  forward;  and 
tlic  hov  spraiiir  to  catcli  him  a:<  if  afraid 
that  he  wouhi  fall. 

Thi'ir  words  were  inarticulate,  broken 
with  a  s()l)l)in/^  laughter.  Hijrelow,  his  arms 
about  the  boy's  shoulders,  l)eat  him  on  the 
baek,  and  held  him  off",  and  took  his  face 
in  his  trenibliiif^  hard  hands,  and  fondled 
liini,  and  grimaced  speechlessly  with  features 
contorted  in  a  tootii-chatterin<^  fjrin  that 
WHS  drenched  with  tears  of  delii^lit. 
"M-ni-myboy!  Robert!  T-tell  me-"  He 
reached  with  one  hand  to  turn  up  tin- 
li^ht,  liohnnf?  the  boy  with  the  other  as 
if  afraid  lie  might  escape  again.  "IIow — 
How-" 

The  boy  stammered:  "I  've— 1  've  been 
pardoned.  Dad !" 

Bigelow  let  him  go,  then;  and  laughed 
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A  (iKAM)   ARMY   MAN 


iind  wcjit  together,  wipitiff  lii>  tv<>  witli  liis 
Luri-  Iiuik!  and  t!r  slfi\is  of  liis  >liirt.  "Par- 
doned! Mv— niv  poor  l)ov  !  \  mi  'vc  Ix'tii 
pardonid."  He  ciUcd  :  "I.ttitiii !  Lititia!" 
Hf  cHii^lit  lit  Kolnrt.  "Aw  von  luinj^rv? 
A  IT  von.'"' 

"1V.V,  D.id'"  tin-  hoy  criid. 

"Lftitiii!       Atitiii!" 

And  wlifti  Lititiii  tfiiiic  Imrrviiif^  in,  tlu- 
old  nijin  frriTtid  l;tr  with  ii  iTuzy  :  "Ho  's 
hnn^ry  !" 

"Roht-rt  !"  shi-  scTfiiiiud,  find  rushrd  t.) 
Iiiin. 

She  was  still  Iui^^iii<f  liini,  hy.>tiTifally, 
whin  Ilallie  followi-d  In,  alarniid.  She  stiff"- 
oncd  with  an  incredulous  low  f^asp  of 
"Rohh !" 

Hi^elow  nodded  and  ("huokled  ai\d  cauf^ht 

at  Letitia  and  turned  lier  around.     'I'iie  hoy 

started  hack  at  sij^ht  of  Ilallie  and  dropped 

his  head   guiltily.      The    <^irl    went    to   him. 

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She  put  her  hand  uiitlcr  his  diiii,  .-ukI  raisiiiir 
his  face,  she  — 

"Hailie!" 

She  kissetl  him.  And  as  the  hoy's  arms 
went  round  her,  Hi^ehiw  and  Letitia  tiptoed 
silently  out  of  the  room. 


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11,  Rohb!"  sIr-  wept.     "Rohh!" 
He    ciirosed    her    and    tried    to 

comfort  her.  "It  's  all  ri«ht, 
HuUie.  It  's  Jill  over  now.  It  's  — it  's  all 
rif^ht.  I  've  heen  pardoned.  It  's  all  over 
now.    You  ouf^ht  n't  to  cry  nozc'.'' 

"I  'ni  not,"  she  sobbed.  "Not  because 
I  'ni  — oh,  diar!" 

He  understood,  at  last,  that  it  was  her 
relief  that  had  overcome  her  — her  happi- 
ness. "Hallie,"  he  said,  "I  think  it  's  the 
pluckiest  tiling  a  jrirl  ever  did  — your  stand- 
ing by  inc  this  way.  I  —  "  He  cauffht  her 
to  him.  "I  '11  be  good  to  you,  Hallie,"  he 
whispered  fervently.  "Oh,  I  '11  be  good  to 
you 


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"You — you  won't  go  away  again?* 
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A  GUAM)  AUMV  MAN 


"Go  azidif!"  he  crifd. 

'"I  WHS  (ifniid  you  would  n't  c-onie  buck." 

He  held  her  uwiiy  from  him  with  ii  sudden 
thought.  "Iliillie,"  he  said,  "vour  fiitiier  — 
He  eame  down  on  the  train  witli  nie.  He  's 
looking  for  you.  Does  he  know  where  you 
are.''' 

"Father?  Here.'"  She  glanced  haek  at 
the  door,  startled  for  the  moment.  Then 
she  shook  her  head.  "I  've  left  him.  I  Ml 
never  go  back.  Never !  I  'm  not  afraid  of 
him.  I  have  money  of  my  own.  I  'm  going 
to  live  with  my  cousins  till  — till  you  're 
ready  to  —  " 

"Hallie !" 

His  boyish  ardor  overwhelmed  her  in  an 
outburst  of  passionate  young  kisses.  She 
clung  to  him,  breathless,  a  little  frightened. 
"Robb,"  she  gasped,  in  a  delighted  tremor. 
"Vou'11-oh,  «ofe/>.'" 

"I  could  —  oh,  I  could  eat  you,"  he 
laughed. 

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"Voti  must  ii't  .  .  .  uoz^!"  Slu-  frit'd 
licr.scli,  to  fiui'  Lititia's  ntiirn  with  lur 
tniv;  and  lau<^liiii^',  with  hiT  voiiiij;  rhoi-ks 
aflaiiii'  and  htr  rvcs  still  Ini^lit  witli  ti-ars, 
she  danci'd  over  to  thr  tal)lc  and  hrlpod 
spri-ad  thf  cloth,  >hakin"^  lur  hiad  niis- 
chii'vously  at  I.ititia,  who  tried  to  tc»se 
them  both  with  an  admonishing  and  roguish 
smile. 

Bigelow  camo  in,  bringing  a  lighted  lamp 
in  eaeh  band,  in  a  fistal  desire  to  have  light 
on  their  happiness.  Robert  drew  the  blinds. 
Hallie  and  Letitia  set  the  table.  And  they 
all  talked  and  laughed  together  as  if  they 
were  al)out  t(»  make  a  picnic  meal  on  a 
holiday. 

The  boy  had  to  tell  them  about  his  inven- 
tions, his  plans  and  his  hopes  for  the  future 
—  which  lie  did,  between  ravenous  gulps  and 
swallows,  smiling  from  one  face  to  another 
as  thev  all  watched  him  with  their  elbows 
on  the  table,  delighting  in  his  appetite  and 


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A  (III AM)  AU.MY   MAN 


liis  ^ood  spirits.  And  thcif  Inid  to  tell  liim 
all  the  siiKiIl  lia|)pi'iiiii^s  of  tlic  intc  rval  dur- 
ing which  hr  had  hitn  ^oiu'.  And  if  thirr 
wa>.  over  thiiii  all,  the  dark  incmory  of  the 
prison  and  his  diNtrrac  i  .  it  oidv  st-rvfil  to 
make  tluni  more  dcti'rniiiH  dly  happy  in  in- 
dear  joy  of  i)»inf^  to^i  tlitr  a/^ain.  lure  in 
the  simple  sanctuary  of  their  hoini  .  with  the 
world  and  the  ni^ht  well  shut  'uit  and  reso- 
lutely un  remembered. 

Even  when  Robert  t  ild  them  that  .Tudpc 
Andrews  was  in  town,  looking  for  his 
daughter,  it  ^ave  them  only  a  momentary 
])ause  of  doubt.  "He  spoke  to  me,"  Robb 
said.  "I  think,  from  the  way  he  acted,  that 
he  helped  — Well,  he  knew  I  was  pardoned. 
I  thou<jht  he  M  lielped  to  f^et  it,  perha{)s. 
He  asked  me  if  I  knew  where  Hallic  was." 

"Did  he  say  he  was  sorry.''"  Letitia  asked. 
"Fcr  wliat  he'd  done.-" 

"No-o,"     Robb     admitted.     "But -well, 
you  know  — he  could  n't  very  well  say  it." 
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A  (illAM)  AUMV   MAN 


"Tlirii  you  ^ll()lll(l  n't  *vc  Npokcn  to  him 
till  lie  dill,"  I.rtitin  cried. 

"Oil.  Tiv//."  till-  hoy  upologi/c(l  for  himself. 
"I  don't  think-" 

Bi^elow  nodded  his  iipproval.  "That  's 
ri^ht,  Hohl).  We  all  nia«le  niistakes  — all  of 
MS.  It  's  over.  It  's  all  over.  We  got  to 
ferret  it  now.  We  eaii't  do  him  no  harm 
hv  hatin*  him;  an'  we  ean't  do  oumelvcx  no 
good.  Hate  never  hurt  no  one  hut  the 
hater.  We  got  to  put  all  that  In^hind  us  — 
an'  go  ahead.  The  worksliop  's  waitin'  for 
you.     We  o|iene<l  her  up  t'-day." 

"/>/V/you,  Dad?      (Jood.     I'm-" 

They  were  interrupted  l)y  a  peremptory 
ring  on  the  door-hell.  Ilallie  starter!  to  her 
feet,  expecting  her  father.  Lotitia's  face 
hardened,  with  the  same  thought.  Bigelow 
rose  slowly,  hut  without  hesitation.  "Fin- 
ish yer  supper,  Kohh,"  he  said. 

It  was  SmifFen  —  hurrying  hack  to  get  his 
valise,  so  that  he  might  catch  an  uncx- 
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A  (;k.\M)  aumy  man 


|><»ti(l  train  tliiif  liiid  lutii  (IcIhv«'<1  I).v  the 
"t ii-iip."  Ami  liis  .surprise  ai\(l  pitusiirf, 
«lirn  111'  saw  the  hoy,  put  tlniu  all  in  lii^li 
spirits  aj^aiii  all  cxcrpt  Ilolih,  who  did  not 
appririati-  tin-  stran^i'r's  intrrist  in  him 
nor  (|uiti'  ri'sftond  to  it  at  first.  Siniffiii 
>hook  hands  with  tluin  all  and  confrratu- 
latod  thtm  all.  "Woll !  Well!"  lu-  orii-d. 
"I  think  I  'vc  hrou^ht  you  luc-k !  I  firl  as 
^ood  as  if  I  'd  niadi'  a  hundrotl-thousand- 
dollar  sail'!  This  is  fine!  Find"  He 
luaincil  on  the  hoy,  paternally.  "Young 
man,"  he  said.  "I  want  to  tell  you  that 
you  're  to  he  envied.  I  envy  you  myself. 
To  he  able  to  eonie  back  to  a  faHicr  like 
yours  and  a  f^irl  that  does  n't  go  back  on 
you  when— no  matter  what  happens  I 
What  's  trouble  when  you  have  people  like 
that  behind  y"u.^  You  're  in  luck.  You  're 
in  luck." 

"Well,"  Bigelow  replied,  "there  's  no  dc- 
uyin'  Robb  has  personal  —  " 
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"Oil,  Diid!'"  tlif  I)()v  stopjR'd  him,  redden- 
ing rurvousiy. 

HifTclow  j),itti(l  liiiii  on  the  back.  "All 
rif^ht,  llohb.  All  rif^lit."  He  winked  apolo- 
^etieally  fit  SniifFen.  "He  's  modest. 
Can't  stand  to  hear  himself  j)raised." 

Smiffen  si<rnalled  that  he  understood. 
He  did  not  laii^h,  even  inwardly,  at  this  dot- 
ing fondness.  "Well,  there  's  a  good  time 
eoming,"  he  assured  them.  "I  Ml  drop  off 
the  train  some  time  to  si'c  you  all  enjoying 
it.  I  'vc  got  to  go  now,  but  I  '11  be  back 
some  day.     (Joodbye.*' 

He  shook  hands  with  tlu'm  all  round 
again  -th.mked  hy  Hallie  with  a  shy  smile 
and  hy  I.etitia  with  a  little  fluttend  })res- 
sure  of  the  fingers.  IJigelow  took  him  to 
till'  outer  door,  and  Hiey  stood  a  moment  on 
the  j)oreh,  while  tlu'  ohi  stage  driver  renewed 
his  hospitabli'  invitation  to  eome  and  spend 
a   day    with    them   any    time   that    he   could. 


-ti|)t(«-(l  sL.  iitly  (lilt  of  tin-  riHiiii 


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A  (JUAM)  AH.MV   MAN 


"I  will,"  SmifiTiii  kopt  siiyiii^.  "I  will  — 
with  pleasure,'^  ritrcdtiii^  down  tiii'  steps 
sidewHvs,  reluctant  to  ^o.  He  was  on  the 
last  step  when  he  saw  a  man  with  a  walkin^- 
stiek  xhnulderin^  up  the  path  from  the  f^atc. 

"Hello!"  Hicrclow  said  under  his  voice. 

Snuffiri  step|)ed  aside  into  the  shadow, 
lin^eriiif^  awkwardly,  intending  to  say  liis 
final  farewell  as  soon  as  lii^rtlow  liad  done 
with  this  newcomer. 

ilud^e  Andrews  staikvd  into  the  li^ht  of 
the  open  door.  He  >aid,  in  the  tone  of  a 
cli.illen;^e  :  "Mr.  Hi<relow,  is  my  daughter  —  *' 

Bi^elow  put  out  his  hand.  "She  i>.  .ludpo. 
Sho  is.  Come  in."  And  wluii  the  .Iudf;;c 
mafle  no  motion  cither  to  juci  pt  the  imita- 
tion or  tile  {jrotfered  hand.  Hi^elow  went 
on:  "There  "s  nohodv  in  this  lion  v  "s  j;ot 
anytliinj^  ai^'Mi"  you,  .ludfX'  •  Wr  'vc  all 
made  mistakes.  Ferpet—  fer<^ive  an'  fer- 
ret.    Come  in.     CoiHi   m." 


A  (iUANl)  AH.MY    MAN 


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'I'lif  .ludj^i'  luouiitfd  to  the  porrli,  liiilf 
jisliiimcd  and  still  lidlf  resent  fill.  "We  've 
belli  expect  in'  you,"  Hi^elow  said.  "You  've 
^ot  to  he  frieii's  now.  fer  the  sake  o'  the 
voiiii;^,  ones.     Shake  1" 

Till  .Iud<;e  took  off  his  hat  to  enter,  and 
held  out  his  liand :  and  for  a  iiioiuent  the 
liffht  showtd  his  tif^lit  lips  tremhliiif^  in  the 
^riiii  weakness  of  t'alterinj.;  pride.  Then 
he  turned  .'tid  went  in  and  Bifrelow  fol- 
lowed -  and  the  door  closed. 

The  door  closed  ;  and  Sinitf'eii  stood,  like 
one  who  has  tinished  a  story  and  shut  up 
the  hook,  staring  l)liiidly  at  the  j)ictures  in 
his  iiieiiior\  and  disappointed  because  he 
had  come  so  soon  to  the  end.  The  thin, 
far  whistle  of  a  locomotive  recalled  him  to 
himself.  He  started  hastily  and  stumbled 
throuf^h  the  snow  to  the  ^rjite;  Init  there 
he  paused  and  looked  back  at  the  lighted 
window  ;  and  when  lie  went  on  again,  more 
slowlv,  it  w.'is  with  the  tender-eyed  smile  of 
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ii    iiiJiii    wlio    li.'iil    met  >iMij)l('    \ictin'    in     ;is- 

tr('s>.  Jiiid  watched  it  hear  with  .>.()rr<)\*    \m- 

iinl)it ti  ri'd,   and   moii  it    como  t      happitu-ss 
at   last. 

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